Digital BW, The Print

> From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...]
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> In perfect lighting the RC/glossy blacks are impressive.  However, I find
> that in normal, very imperfect lighting the increased reflections
> off the RC surface gives the matte prints an edge.

I like matte for that reason, too. However, the very shine that causes
interfering reflections with viewing a glossy image at certain angles make
it possible to avoid that reflected light by merely viewing from a different
angle. Probably the best viewing situation is to have a couple lights
illuminating the print from 45 degrees, with darkness behind you.
Unfortunately, that's not generally practical.

> The primary -- perhaps only -- difference in the depth of blacks between
> these 2 types of paper is, from what I can tell, a matter of the
> reflection
> differences.  Matte black reflects light in all directions;
> RC/glossy papers are more like mirrors.

I guess my CM2C colorimeter sees more light reflected from matte paper
because the LEDs illuminate at an angle and the sensors pick up (I believe)
along a perpendicular axis.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...