Digital BW, The Print

Garry,

My point exactly! If it works for you, great. But I get tired of the  
bashing when in reality it just doesn't fit your style. It has its place 
just as anything else you use for production of a print. Enough of 
the holier than thou with regards to digital or film.

Dave


-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Garry 
Sarre" <garry@s...> wrote:
>  Well after holding out, partly because of money, I'm 
considering 
> > jumping into the digital camera realm. I still have budget 
> > considerations and since my current set up is a Canon EOS 
1N with 
> > some good lenses it makes sense to look at the Canons. 
Used D60's 
> and 
> > new D10's are not that far off in price so I'm focusing on the 
> D10's 
> 
> Tim
> 
> Hey,didn't Tim say 'Real World'?
> 
> I have printed for 25 years starting with the very first 
cibachromes 
> in 1976.
> 
> I shoot Portrait with a D60 and convert to sepia and print 
through a 
> 9600 onto photorag with matte black ink. I fit 70 images onto a 
half 
> gig card and have never shot anything except RAW (best 
quality). I 
> do almost all my work in 16 bit not 8bit (chalk and cheese for 
my 
> work). This gives me an uninterpolated (after camera 
interpolation) 
> file size of 16bit 32meg to play with.
> 
> This takes me to 24x30 through PS Interpolation (10% 
steps)quite 
> nicely for PORTRAIT. Anymore can be still great if you smooth 
out a 
> few interpolation artifacts here and there. The CMOS and 
firmware on 
> the D60 has less artifacts than the D1X and D760 after tests I 
did. 
> It is a wonderful camera for B@W fine art printing.
> 
> As far as the real world goes. Side by side, my clients MUCH 
prefer 
> the digital image onto matte paper than hasselblad onto RC 
paper.
> 
> I have to spend an average of two hours more per client 
preparing 
> slides as before they were sent out, however my sales have 
improved 
> by 20% per portrait client because I can shoot a little more and 
get 
> better shots to choose from and can easily fix up duds where 
> necessary.
> 
> My work flow has been brought forward by about 3 weeks. That 
is 
> delivery is 2-3 weeks earlier and that has effectively paid for the 
> new D60 and part of the 9600. (a surprise bonus.)
> 
> Summary: Digital for Portrait - more time spent and higher 
sales.
> 
> I miss my softar on the Blad though (Guassian Blur on second 
level 
> just dont cut it)
> 
> Garry Sarre
> 
> www.sarre.com