Digital BW, The Print

--- Julian Thomas <julianthomas@...> wrote:
> I'm not
> > thrilled at all with Image print...total blockage
> in the 95-100 range
> > in shadows, pretty good in highlights
> 
> Tom, just an observation from an old cynic...
> IP was touted as being the holy grail by various
> folk here, then we started
> seeing prints, horrible dither, compression as you
> talked about, trashing
> OSs on install, non of this was acknowledged by its
> supporters until IJC
> comes along. I would not invest anything until I'd
> had oneof my own files
> printed by someone I trust. I nearly bit the bullet
> and bought IP until at
> the last minute I saw a print and though 'is this
> what they are going on
> bout//'
> 
> Julian
> 
just thought i'd chime in
i too almost bought Imageprint then i saw a sample and
was glad i did. It had a weird cyan edging problem and
dithered high tones. So I got a 1200 with MIS-VM and I
like it quite a bit. For giggles I tried OPM on my
2200 and I am very impressed so far. I see no dots or
weird dither in any of the tones, it is all very
smooth. That's using Antonis' EAM curves at 70-80%
warm and 20-30% cool. I am going to do more prints to
make sure and then I think I am diving in. IJC seems
to allow the user control I have been looking for. The
MIS-VM curve system works well but fine tuning isn't
all that easy, the ability to create my own profiles
is very appealing. 
john Eckenrode

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