Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/19

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Subject: [Leica] The death of the silver gelatin prints
From: montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:29:38 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Just curious, better how?  More gloss, blacker blacks?
etc.

Montie

>>Overblown sensational title? Surely you jest? :-)

Yes, a tad.

Yes, I went for the premium option, even with Selenium toning (50% more $).

It's quite superb, just that Z+ Gloss Baryta is better. I was hoping they
would be equal.


On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:

> It's a Durst Theta 51. Was your image uploaded via Roes for their
> value RC print?  Not Great.  Try their custom printing on Ilfobrom
> Galerie Fiber (Baryta based) Semi Gloss...Superb, assuming the file
> is good in the first place.  300 dpi or better etc. Your subject
> title may be a tad overblown?
>
> Montie
>
>
> >>Folks might remember that I tried doing digital negative before. In the
> end, unsuccessfully because my HP Z3100 is just not good for that
> particular type of task (digital negative for silver contact prints -
> apparently, it works great for digital negatives with alternative process).
> Eventually when I have to replace the Z3100, I will probably get an Epson
> and try the experiment again.
>
> Meanwhile, since I have to make some 17x22 prints for a couple gallery
> shows, I got a 8x10 sample print from Digital Silver where you upload the
> digital file and they print it using some sort of LED laser and then
> processed in wet chemical.
>
> I make the same print on the Z. Comparing to the Z3100 printing on Gloss
> Baryta, it's no comparison, the inkjet print looks better in every way.
>
> So Z+Gloss Baryta it is.
>
> --
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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