Digital BW, The Print

Paul-

I haven't received this copy yet, but I was about to write you about 
last month's...it had a very technical artical on print longevity and 
testing...I'm sure you saw it.

It seems to me that this magazine is about to go over the tipping 
point where more of the articles are on digital or digital related 
items than pure wet darkroom...from almost no mention of digital a 
year ago.

Looks like the only real hold out is BW Mag...such a shame...they do 
a superb job of printing a beautiful publication...maybe LensWork 
should go larger format and monthly??? (you out there, Brooks?)

cheers,

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> The May/June issue of Photo Techniques magazine announced the 
winners of its
> 2003 B&W Landscape Contest.
> 
> First place went to Gary Bakken, who used PiezoTone Selenium in a 
3000.
> Second and third places were traditional wet darkroom prints.
> 
> There were 3 Honorable Mentions.  All three were digital.  Craig 
Gordon used
> a 7600 (and his photo was used on the cover of the magazine -- for 
good
> reason, in my opinion), Vincent Orlando used a 1200 and MIS VM, and 
Jim
> Richey used a 1280, Sundance and MIS "Neutral-Warm" (FS, I 
assume).  There
> was also an "Editors Choice" that was a wet print.
> 
> Taking 4 of the top 6 places is quite a good showing for digital 
output,
> especially for a magazine that caters to the highly-technical, 
traditional
> photography types.  I think this is more evidence that digital 
controls are
> just better, and the medium has reached the point where the quality 
is
> competitive at the highest levels.
> 
> Congratulations to the individuals (if you're on the list or not).
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com