Digital BW, The Print

> Did you ask him afterwards if he could see the dots?

No, I didn't ask about dots. I was more interested in his view which
were the better images, not dots. The man curates photo exhibits of
some rather famous photographers so I believe he knows images. I
figure if the dots are not a problem to him, why should they be to me?

Bob Michaels

 
> 
> As I said, in my experiments the people who liked the
> B-O prints were mainly ones who couldn't see the dots.
> 
> If he couldn't see them, obviously they wouldn't bother him,
> and in most other respects B-O would be superior so of
> course they would be preferable.   The catch is that lots of
> people CAN see the dots.
> 
> It's a bit like metamerism - it doesn't bother people who are
> colorblind  but I can't assume anyone I give a print to is colorblind.
> 
> I absolutely agree that from a sufficient distance B-O prints
> look great - but I look at darkroom prints from all sorts of
> distances so I want to be able to look at inkjet prints that
> same way.
> 
> I like your experiment but I would have included a test
> for whether the subject could SEE the dots, like I do
> in my experiments on this.