Digital BW, The Print

Julian wrote on 24 April


>I'm trying to find ways to produce a high
> quality dig neg, and I've not found one sharpenough yet. So, I'm 
silver
> printing those neghs that need it and dig printing those that look 
better on
> inkjet.

And I thought it was just me not getting really sharp digital 
prints!  I fear my circa GBP10,000 investment in digital has been a 
waste, what with microbanding (about 8 bands per mm on the 1160s) 
that won't go away.

Surely not everyone out there takes pictures of blurred flowing water!

Colin
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" 
<julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> 
> > But what I miss is the depht and contrast that the Lyson prints
> > has.  - A glossy paper with some inks that shows deep blacks
> > and prints well at both glossy and matte papers and shows no
> > metamerisms..
> >
> > Is it possible at all to produce a digital print that beats the
> > traditional silverbased print in every way?
> >
> > Anyone who has some experiences?
> Bjorn, you are using a totally different system that is more akin to
> platinum than to silver prints. I'm trying to find ways to produce 
a high
> quality dig neg, and I've not found one sharpenough yet. So, I'm 
silver
> printing those neghs that need it and dig printing those that look 
better on
> inkjet.
> 
> Julian