Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/20

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Subject: [Leica] The death of the silver gelatin prints
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:24:18 -0400

For whatever it's worth. I have an image from 1968 - shot on film and now
scanned - that it probably the best photo I have ever made. I have made
numerous ink jet prints of it over the years - and I am now slouch in that
department. The prints were wonderful. But for my 65th birthday my kids
had a double weight mat silver print of it made for me by the folks at
Digital Silver. I made adjustments to the digital file and uploaded it to
them. The 16x20 they produced is by far the best print I've ever had of
this image.

On 6/20/12 10:58 AM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:

>Richard,
>
>I'm not surprised that the inkjet print looks better.   The real test
>would be to take the same picture on film and print it on Ilford MGIV and
>compare that print to the inkjet print.
>
>Robert
>
>On Jun 19, 2012, at 10:23 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> 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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