Digital BW, The Print

(I'm on Digest mode)

Eric: < Harold, How many of those printers had made 30x40 prints? Was their 
wow
being made because a 30x40 is just hard to do or that the neg was well 
made? >

I think both. Interestingly, Erwitt himself had never made a large platinum 
print; he was amazed. (Others like Dan Burkholder have been making large 
digital negs since 1991.) But what I'm hearing is that this is another step up 
in both quality and workflow for large-scale platinum.

> John: < Be interesting to know how the prints made with digital inter 
> negatives, compared with those made using regular photo negatives? Have you 
> seen any comparisons?
> 
No. It's only what I'm hearing from those who have done this. I, 
personally, have never made a platinum print, either traditionally or with the newer 
hybrid digital-traditional systems.
> 
> < Reason I ask, obviously making 10 offs from an original neg is not a 
> problem, but you start making larger runs, and you risk damaging the original 
> negative. This would obviously be a good technique to use in this type of 
> situation, as well as for making a Platinum/Paladium print larger than the 
> original neg size.
> 
Correct. There's a growing idea that having a "digital archive negative" 
might be a smart idea. Kinda of a back-up in case everything else gets ruined. 
Of course, you're stuck with that size.

Harald


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