Digital BW, The Print

Well said, Mitch.

That is an odd site. I like it a lot, but their reviews are really
weird. It seems that every time Canon releases a new camera, the LL
guys proclaim that it's "finally, a digicam that's better than film!"
I get the feeling that they are more or less in the pockets of Canon
and Epson. (Don't get me wrong, I think those are two excellent
brands, but it's odd how their reviews seem _so_ non-critical of them.)

> Yes, perhaps the review on Luminous Landscape is particularly 
> pernicious because that forum seems to have gained much (unwarranted) 
> credibility. The reviewer claims that straight prints with the 2200 
> produce good, neutral B&W. But, if you look at his review of earlier 
> printers, you will see that he also claimed that the 1270, and 
> subsequently, the 1280 printed superb B&W "right out of the box" with 
> the Epson profiles. It looks the reviewer is mainly concerned with 
> color prints, or simply doesn't have a good eye for B&W prints. It 
> reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon of a few years ago showing a dog 
> sitting at a desk typing at a computer speaking to dog sitting on the 
> floor saying, "And the great thing about the internet is that nobody 
> knows you're a dog."
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