Digital BW, The Print

Hi David, I have no doubt you have your finger on the pulse of a wider
community than I am part of, and apreciate your perspective.
I'll stick to my "goofball" stance though, even if some larger well
financed company brings it to market and makes it easy and affordable,
I'll bet some goofball in the back room addressed the need and the
solution, like Atkeson for decent profiles, out of sheer frustration.
Also, things have been changing fast, I have some prosumer friends
using currently available solutions, and they are quite happy and not
tinkerers. Some things might not even come from where we are looking.
HPs little letter size printer with B&W is really not too bad, more
could evolve from that or elsewhere.
We're getting there, when you think about how recently all this
started, and how fast things are moving.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David B. Brooks"
<fotografx@m...> wrote:
> Tyler,
> 
> I wrote an article on B&W digital printing that was published in
Shutterbug
> about three years ago, and covered most of the options and products
> available at that time (including many you listed). Now delving into it
> again I can understand your point of view with one exception. ³The
people
> that need these things are small in number, and they are the only
ones who
> need it, and they are the ones who can define the need.² is not the
reality
> unless you exclude a lot of serious photography enthusiasts because
they are
> not totally dedicated Œfine arts¹ photographers. I know my
readership is a
> very small segment of all of the photographic enthusiasts in
America, yet I
> have good evidence I reach an audience in five figures. A very large
segment
> of active photography enthusiasts is middle aged and older, in part
because
> they have both free time and the discretionary income to afford their
> interest. From the feedback I obtain from readers because I have a
Digital
> Help column I know a large segment of my audience has an interest in B&W
> photography among those that have a digital darkroom. These people
will come
> to support B&W digital printing solutions when it is no longer
necessary to
> be Œgoofball obsessive¹ to get through the doorway.
> 
> Regards, David B. Brooks
> Shutterbug Magazine
> E-mail: fotografx@m...