Digital BW, The Print

Tyler,

You have already climbed the mountain so you really have no need to do it
again. But for many the steepness and the complexity of the path to the top
is too much of a price to pay because thier need is not so all encompassing.
So, what I hope is that with some extraordinary talent applied to finding an
easier, more direct route the mountain will become more accessible.  I
cannot help but think very often the best solutions are often described as
elegant simplicity, like the shape of a Porsche 911 that has endured now for
40 years, simple and elegant.

Regards, David B. Brooks
Shutterbug Magazine
E-mail: fotografx@...




On 10/16/04 8:54 PM, "Tyler Boley" <tyler@...> wrote:

> 
> 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...
> 
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