Digital BW, The Print

Ah yes, we all thought it...but only Austin could say it quite that way!

I'd like to think that Jerry is smiling in photographers paradise where he
printing 40x60in prints from his D60!

:-)

Robert


On 5/20/03 6:14 PM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...> wrote:

> Claude,
> 
>> I just printed a 13x19 Piezo print from a Sigma XD-9 sensor in a
>> $1,500 Sigma
>> camera from a $250 macro lens that IN THE PRINT shows more micro
>> detail than
>> I could ever get from a 4x5 TriX optical print.
> 
> Good grief, you make me laugh.  This is simply a foolish statement, and I
> can't imagine how you expect anyone to take you seriously.  I don't mean to
> be mean here, but you just say things that have no basis in reality.  What
> did you do to the poor Tri-X 4x5 to make it come out so horribly?  I
> absolutely know my 35mm Tri-X gives FAR more detail than the Signal SD-9,
> which is what I assume you meant.
> 
>> I have color 30x40's from a Kodak Pro Back that looked better
>> than 4x5 neg
>> optical prints, so it's good enough to hand on walls and get top
>> dollar for.
> 
> Again, simply utterly silly.  Good for a laugh though...
> 
>> End of theory for me.
> 
> It appears from your claims here, and like on the Piezo list, you simply
> don't know how to use film!
> 
> Austin
> 
>