Digital BW, The Print

Just to toss in a lay person's opinion.... I *really* appreciate the
level of refinement and expertise on this list. And I'm sure that there
are viewers/customers, paying or otherwise, who also appreciate
some of the finer nuances of the inkjet B&W medium vs. traditional
darkroom prints.

That said, I make candid/street photos and photos of friend and family,
many portraits with black backgrounds. For me, at least, inkjet B&W
printing has allowed me to make matte prints for my good ol' friends
and family that just floor them. So by that measure, the blacks are
black enough for me. For me it's about the output and the reactions
of the viewers/recipients.

Without a wet darkroom at my disposal (no room), B&W inkjet is
delivering the goods just fine, and provides a satisfactory output medium
for the scanned negs from my film cameras. I just work with the medium
as best I can, and the more I do, the better my prints are getting (or 
at least,
I hope so).

Scott

Djon wrote:

> IMO this kind of discussion *usually* revolves around failure to cause
> one medium to emulate another medium...an iffy pursuit, given that
> silver paper is still available.
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> But inkjet prints are not silver paper, need not look like silver
> paper. That appears currently not to be their forte. The pursuit of
> silver paper characteristics is worthwhile and important, but it's
> peripheral to the medium, like a watercolorist trying to emulate an
> etching.
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> Each is a different medium, each deserving respect independently.
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> IMO inkjet prints readily look better than virtually all Ciba and most
> Ektacolor (except for digitally enlarged or laser enlarged Ektacolor),
> using Ciba and Ektacolor frames of reference. It's said that Epson has
> long had this comparison in mind, only recently thinking about
> comparisons to silver paper.
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