Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love my Epson prints the fact that the rez does not match up to my silver prints does not bother me. We're all not looking at them with a loupe. High rez is nice to get but its not a deal breaker on a successful print process or not. That the previous process was silver prints and that that process is one of the higher rez ones is circumstance. A platinum print is traditionally made as a contact print but later on down the line many got their workflo down enlarging their 4x5's to 8x10 or 11x14. They were still rich and dark and sharp. Long thought of as the apogee of of all photo printing processes. This stuff make from inkjets I see none of it rich and dark and sharp. The lowest common denominator is the rez you get from the inkjet print from which the platinum prints are made.. And that really insults the entire process. It's a waste of rare metals if you ask me. 8x10 view cameras can be gotten for a song now. That would be my first buy if I got into platinum printing. It was a big enough size for EW: Edward Weston its a big enough size for me. And EW made plenty of platinum prints from them. there is an amazing integrity these prints have. Totally not there with one made from an inkjet. On 4/20/14 7:48 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > What I remember most about enlarging negatives is that it took forever, > though it didn't seem so at the time. Now I'm like everyone else - it > needs to happen immediately. > > Ken > > > On 4/20/2014 6:35 PM, Charlie Chan wrote: >> Dear Ken and Pablo, >> >> Well I ain't tried it yet. TBH I would only do this if I can make a >> digital >> negative on my Epson 3800. Just can't see myself making a large contact >> inter-negative using LF film. Willing to give it a go, once I've been on a >> course. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Charlie >> >> On 21 Apr 2014, at 00:23, Ken Carney wrote: >> >>> We'll see. I have a much better Epson now than when I tried digital negs >>> before, and it appears there is much better inkjet film available now. >>> But, >>> I have the printer and a first-rate pt/pd lab at hand, so it won't cost >>> much >>> to try it out. The ability to print negs from digital camera files and >>> control the dMax with software is really appealing. So, I'm curious >>> again. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> On 4/20/2014 5:35 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> I'd do this and not go the Epson route. Work from enlarged Negs. I >>>> viewed >>>> some of these Platinum prints from Epson "negs" at the AIPAD show at the >>>> Park Ave Armory last week or so and they are washed out looking and >>>> don't >>>> look at all good. Including the ones done to Elliot Erwitt iconic work. >>>> An >>>> excuse to sell prints with another zero at the end. I'm a big fan of >>>> his I >>>> don't think he has much to do with this. >>>> >>>> Platinum prints are supposed to be rich and dark. Not the opposite. And >>>> incredibly sharp. Not the opposite. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/19/14 6:15 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is a lot of fun. Most all of my pt/pd printing was with LF >>>>> in-camera >>>>> negs, but I have experimented with inkjet and film negatives made with >>>>> an imagesetter (ask your grandparents what that is :)). As far as >>>>> sharpness goes anyway, it is a forgiving process due to the paper used. >>>>> Tonality is a different thing, but some of the best prints I have seen >>>>> were 6x7cm negs enlarged in the darkroom to 20x24 by David Kennedy >>>>> (www.davidmichaelkennedy.com). These were pure palladium, double >>>>> coated. The chemistry presents some health concerns, not the least of >>>>> which is mixing the emulsion in a shot glass, which in dim light looks >>>>> a >>>>> lot like single-malt. Good luck. >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> On 4/19/2014 4:46 PM, Charlie Chan wrote: >>>>>> Just thought I would ask. I am thinking of going on a >>>>>> Platinum-Palladium >>>>>> printing course with David Chow in the UK. Now one can make large >>>>>> format >>>>>> digital negatives on an Epson printer, it seems like a bit of fun. Is >>>>>> anyone >>>>>> on the LUG doing this? If so, am I mad or have I got too much time on >>>>>> my >>>>>> hands? Don't think I'll be the next Irving Penn, so no delusional >>>>>> thoughts >>>>>> there. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Charlie >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Charlie Chan >>>>>> www.yourbreast.co.uk >>>>>> www.charlie-chan.co.uk >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/