Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Correction (white out) The whole ideal of "craft" or how good a printer he might be was NOT in the equation. > "Appropriately" for WHAT is the center of the issue and someone who's > showing their prints to a gallery owner or having a show in that gallery is > not going to go to Costco to have their prints done. The very idea of it is > comical. Its like a one liner. > Yes the way many people print on their printers now rivals machine prints > with the profiles. > Digital does change a few things. > I was at Calumet this week and a guy was showing his prints off this laptop > to the head guy they have a large gallery upstairs. It looked like he'd > gotten the show and the basis of his jpegs on his laptop and was being > explained the details of publicity and so on. > The whole ideal of "craft" or how good a printer he might be was in the > equation. That's because we're all using the same profiles and > Spiders I guess. > I think there are a few people out there who just like they'd done in the > darkroom go back and forth with their prints critically not already working > on the next one before the previous one is out of the machine. > I used to take more responsibly for Xerox copies than people do now with > their inkjets. > There was a "sharpness" button on the schools Xerox. You had to decide if > you were going to press it or not. And it made a big difference and you'd > not want to press it if it didn't need it. > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:38:07 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] How low does pigment go? >> >> Well, don't be so snarky about Costco, Mark. Yeah, they're big and so they >> can't do anything good. >> >> BUT, Costco does color-profile and you can go on-line to find your local >> store >> and determine which printing technologies they offer and which papers so >> you >> can prepare your images appropriately. >> >> Here's a link: >> >> <http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/> >> >> I recently went to an exhibition at the US Bicycle Hall of Fame where all >> the >> images were printed by (gasp) Costco . . . and they looked damn good. I >> was >> quite surprised when I learned where they were printed. >> >> Adam >> >> On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> Adorama is a camera store. >>> Costco is a mega store or some kind. >>> >>> If the yellow pages still existed they'd not be in the same section with >>> Custom Printers. Those are people who work in a small place that does >>> mainly >>> that. Often just one person who does mainly that. >>> >>> -- >>> Mark R. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:03:40 -0700 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] How low does pigment go? >>>> >>>> Yes, I should have said, "..like Adorama or other similar outfit." >>>> Heck, I >>>> know some people who rely on Costco!!! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shutterfly does a pretty nice job too. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information