Digital BW, The Print

As one of the guys who showed up at the Group Get-Together, I would 
lilke to thank Mark Tucker and Brian Whitney for inviting us. It was 
a great meeting. Besides having the opportunity to chat with a couple 
of dozen people all struggling with similar issues, we could actually 
lay our prints on the same long table and compare them. 

One of my goals in attending the Javits Center meeting was to see the 
new Ultrachrome inks and to compare them with the current ones. 
Unfortunately, this was impossible to do at the Javits Center. Epson 
had some Ultrachrome prints on Epson paper, and Jon Cone had his 
prints, but comparisons were not easy. This is where the Get-Together 
really was valuable. We were able to hold prints side by side in the 
same light and compare them. 

Mark Tucker's prints, by the way, impressed everyone. He has a 
wonderful portfolio. As he was the first to notice, however, his 
Ultrachrome prints looked pretty anemic compared with his prints with 
MIS dyes. In general, my impression was that all the Ultrachrome 
prints I saw were not very impressive. Of course, this might be a 
reflection of the fact that they're new, and its a matter of getting 
the right profiles, RIP, or whatever.There were some beautiful prints 
with MIS-FS, and I brought along a few prints with MIS-VM.  

I only stayed a couple of hours, so I don't know what happened after 
I left. Perhaps other attendees could comment. 

Thanks again to Mark, it was a great idea, and Brian's place was 
perfect for the meeting.

Evan Wolarsky