Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:29:58 +0100
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I think Ilford now do. The new Durst LED enlarger print onto Ilford  
mulitgrade paper (both RC and FB, I believe)

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham, UK

On 21 Aug 2009, at 14:58, Robert Meier wrote:

> That's what White House Color, and many others, do.  They laser  
> print the digital file on to color negative paper and develop it in  
> RA-4 chemicals, so you get a Type C print from a digital file.   I'm  
> not sure if anyone prints digitally onto fiber base B&W paper.
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:53 AM, FRANK DERNIE wrote:
>
>> You used to be able to send files to be "laserprinted" onto  
>> photographic paper. I don't know if this is still done or the  
>> quality but those I saw a few years ago impressed me.
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com>
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Sent: Friday, 21 August, 2009 2:18:20 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed
>>
>> I'm pretty happy with my M8. It supplements my film camera nicely.  
>> The crop doesn't bother me. Of course, without the crop it would be  
>> even better, but 5.$$$$$$$$$$ better?
>>
>> Perhaps the images of the M9 will be sharper, clearer.Great. But  
>> I'm the type who likes not only the sharpness and contrast of the  
>> new lenses, but the look of the 50-year-old ones as well. The  
>> different aesthetics of different periods are like diverse tastes.  
>> If the M0 gives us another taste, great. We'll have one more to  
>> chose from. Nothing wrong with that. But it doesn't mean I have to  
>> have one--at least right away.
>>
>> For now, an M6 for film and an M8/8.2 for digital meet my needs.
>>
>> Where I would like to see some more progress is in the printing  
>> technology.
>>
>> My feeling about digital printing is that it makes fine posters.  
>> The darkroom stuff still looks better. They have the glow that  
>> paintings have. The magic is embedded in the paper. Ink on paper  
>> doesn't get the same effect. That's probably why the painters use  
>> paint and not ink by and large.
>>
>> That said I confess I work both in the darkroom and with Photoshop.  
>> I love the control Photoshop provides. If I only had that in the  
>> darkroom. But I also love the look of silver prints. If only my  
>> printer could do that as well. That's why I hope for big progress  
>> in printing. I might also add that negatives always hold more info  
>> than you can get on the print. The paper remains a problem common  
>> to both.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
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