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Subject: [Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:57:20 -0500
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On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Charlie Chan wrote:

> 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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