Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., grdglass@a... wrote:
> Before you took up that configuration with your Hassy, did you 
try any 
> Photoshop filters or plug-ins?


Those Photoshop filters just seem "wrong" to me, on some 
level. Some things seem OK to use in Photoshop; other 
functions seem to cross the line. I feel that way too with those 
fake Photoshop borders; it's just plain wrong.

I've had this thing from The Imaging Factory on my desktop for 
weeks now. Some cheesy software to throw focus, kinda like the 
680 or a view camera. I just can't bring myself to use it. I think
the link is something like: http://www.theimagingfactory.com. It's 
called DOF Simulator. Try it at your own risk; it's your karma, not 
mine.

Everybody comes into Photoshop at a different place in their life. 
Sensibility-wise, I'm stuck somewhere between 
HCB/Magnum/etc, and maybe The Starns Twins. I do some 
things in Photoshop, but can't bear to shoot a digital camera. 
Everybody's gotta find his own comfort zone.

There's also the Zork MFS system, that could be funky, but I 
found it to be "too good". http://www.zoerk.com. But at least you're 
doing it in the camera, instead of in the Mac. The ultimate would 
be an interchangeable-lens Diana that didn't leak light, (and 
scanner software that did automatic dust-spotting)...