Digital BW, The Print

Hi Herb,

Austin and I are always arguing about sharpness and digita photos versus film.

I'm always saying that digital, sharpened photos can beat film photos,
but I am assuming the photographer is printing his
provia/ektachrome/fujichrome etc. IN THE PHOTO DARKROOM.  

Unless he is using unsharp masking IN THE DARKROOM, Digital images are
sharper, at least up to the 13x19 prints I make. I'm not interested in
making much larger photos unless they are panoramas. If you stitch 2 or
3 frames of a landscape together from the D60, a 24 inch print looks
like it was shot on 4x5 film. It is that good.  I know this, as I just
made a print from 3 stitched digital D60 images.

I wouldn't have the patience to unsharp mask in the darkroom!

Jerry

> Jerry -- Thanks for the info on your workflow.  It's always
> interesting to hear how people work.
> 
> Actually, I wasn't paying close attention and foolishly thought your
> original remark about not doing unsharp masking was regarding use of
> the unsharp mask filter in Photoshop.  Should have realized you were
> talking only about the conventional darkroom procedure, but that's
> why I was surprised and why I thought you were using in-camera
> sharpening.
> 
> -- Herb
> 
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