Digital BW, The Print

Ron,

Can you share your workflow with us on making the contact negs? And 
your source for the Pictorio OHP film.

I always think of Howard Bond when I think of unsharp masking. I 
wonder if he has taken a shot at digital. 

Thanks,
Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Ron Landucci" <ron@p...> 
wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> I have a state-of-the-art ZBE color enlarger with a Condit pin 
registration
> masking negative carrier that I'll probably never stick another 
piece of
> film into.  Does that convey my opinion?  <g>
> 
> I'm having great success making 16x20 digital negatives on 
Pictorico OHP
> film for both silver and platinum printing.  I agree that the first 
method,
> i.e., contact printing is the way to go.  Why introduce optics and 
alignment
> issues where you don't need them?
> 
> And you forgot to mention that digital USM is infinitely better and 
easier
> than analog methods.
> 
> Ron
> 
>   > While there may be loss of sharpness/resolution between the 
original
>   > negative and the scan, there seems to be little loss between 
scan and
>   > final print. My thought is that the total loss in sharpness in 
the
>   > negative-to-scanner-to-printer process may be less than the 
loss in
>   > the negative-enlarger-silver paper process.
> 
>   > This would also suggest that if your final output for your 
digital
>   > file will be silver gelatin,  a neg-scan-digital printer-
contact neg-
>   > silver paper might offer better sharpness over a neg-scan-
digital
>   > printer-enlarging neg-enlarger-silver paper.
> 
>   > Does any of this sound reasonable?
> 
>   > Martin
> 
> 
> 
> 
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