Digital BW, The Print

Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> Jerry,
> 
> > Simple Austin.  You can't sharpen a provia slide before you print it in
> > the darkroom on let say, a cibachrome type paper. You get it as sharp as
> > your enlarging lens allows.

I know that. Who in the world has time to print hundreds of images in
the darkroom using unsharp masking techniques? Not me!
> 
> Now we're getting somewhere.  BTW, you CAN absolutely sharpen chemical
> images.  The sharpening techniques used in PS CAME from the wet darkroom
> techniques.

I know that. I used to print dye transfer a long time ago.
> 
> You ARE not comparing scanned film to digital images?  Also, photographic
> paper has a lot to do with the sharpness of the images.  

I know that. 

You simply are not
> doing a legit comparison.  You should be comparing the D-60 -> 1280 workflow
> vs the film -> photographic paper workflow.  That's entirely different than
> your claims.

No its not, it's what I claim. i'm talking about every day printing
here, not a contest between the worlds 2 top printers, one digital and
one film. 

> How about we compare a scanned piece of film on a 5080 scanner vs your D60,
> printed all on the same paper/printer etc????  Up for that?

I'm talking about darkroom prints versus digital printing. What you
suggest would make your prints digital.

Jerry