Digital BW, The Print

Truman - you quoted me, but I agree exactly with your points- I also like
inkjets on glossy - some images on matte, some images on lightjet etc - vive
la differance - or somethinglike that

J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: B&W prints on the LightJet at ReedPhoto?


> I think sometimes people get more concerned with the process than they
> do the product. If you have to have prints that look like fiber based
> prints printed on Seagull paper, developed with Dektol, toned for two
> minutes in seleninum toner, then you probably should use Seagull,
> develop it in Dektol, etc.
>
> This medium is not fb darkroom paper and  I suspect it will be quite
> awhile before any of the glossy papers out there will even come close to
> giving the same visual impression. I'm not a big fan of matte papers but
> that seems to be the best combination with good quadtone inks to get
> good images and some are quite nice. Not only that, even the more
> expensive papers, e.g. photo rag, are only 1/2 the cost of Seagull
> darkroom paper. In the darkroom you can't easily compose, "burn" or
> "dodge" (however you choose to do it) on the computer getting feedback
> on your screen prior to going to paper. In the darkroom the paper is the
> feedback and it takes quite a while an quite a bit of expensive paper to
> get a good print from a virgin negative.
>
> When push comes to shove, isn't it about the image? Weston could have
> smeared emulsion on totilet paper and made a better image than 99.9% of
> all the photographers that have ever or ever will live.
>
> Truman
>
> Julian Thomas wrote:
>
> >I'm trying for neutral first and then maybe a warmtone. I've tried labs
with
> >Lambda and lightjet prints. First off i send a step wedge for a cheapy A4
> >test - something with a straight conversion in PS. The problem is that
> >various papers and machines respond differently which is where the
profiles
> >come in - if you have a profiled workspace any decent lab (as Reeds do)
will
> >give you their profiles and you can work from there. I'm perfectly happy
> >with dig output but some people are searching for FB 'look' and you need
to
> >forget that and accept what the medium offers.
> >
> >Julian
> >
> >
>
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