Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ed,

I've used Tyler Boley's VM curves too and like them.  Now (between 
clogs) I'm using the VMS inks and think I like them even better.  
The curves are from Keith Krebs and the neutral and medium warm 
curves are my favorite.  If you need these let me know and I can 
send them to you.

I want to try the FS inks but will have to get into cartridge 
refilling to do that.  Not too crazy about doing that.

Tom Husband

> Well, between clogs I've been using the Roark curves with the MIS 
VM
> inks in my new 1280, and here's what I've found:
> 
> 1.  I really like the overall tones, and definitely see that the 
curves
> are appropriately named.
> 2.  The Neutral curve is the only one that gives me decent 
results, and
> even with that I find I need to increase the contrast quite a bit 
and
> also brighten the image some.  And I can't seem to get a very dense
> black on Heavy Weight Matte.  But I see it has potential for me.
> 3.  I like the tone of the Medium Warm curve, but it starts to 
introduce
> a kind of solorized look to some of the tones, and I can't seem to
> figure out what tones it's doing this with, it seems random and 
they
> just show up as weird highlights in places.
> 4.  The warm curve makes this solorized look even worse, truly 
looking
> like a darkroom flashing while it's in the developer.  It's totally
> unusable for me.
> 
> I'm ready to try another set of curves, but a visit to the MIS site
> doesn't show anything else specifically written for the 1280 and VM
> inks.  I'll happily take recommendations/explanations/comments.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed
> http://lightandsilver.com