Digital BW, The Print

This debate will continue to surface but, to a large extent, I don't 
believe it has an answer except to the individual. The mediums are 
different. It is like comparing water color to tempera. Each has its 
advantages, each has its drawbacks. By choosing to work in one rather 
than the other you make compromises.

You also have to keep in mind that it is not just a digital vs. 
analog choice. Look at Phil Bard's post today. It is possible to have 
all the advantages of Photoshop and still make a silver or platinum 
print. It is just not as easy as or convenient as inkjet.

Martin Wesley

 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> on 8/23/01 3:46 PM, Jerry Olson wrote:
> 
> > Nick, I'm about as picky a person as you will ever see. I think 
that digital
> > prints are superior in every way to darkroom prints. They are
> > sharper, the shadow detail is greater, the highlight detail is 
greater, and
> > you can do things in photoshop not even the worlds greatest
> > printers could do in the darkroom.
> 
> 
> Superior to Brett Weston's prints?
> 
> Todd