Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre" 
<am1000@v...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Pacific New
> Media" <panmedia@c...> wrote:
> > John Sexton wrote recently in his newsletter:
> > 
> > "To date I have never seen a black and white print from the 
digital
> domain
> > that rivals the sensuous and tactile qualities of a well-crafted
> black and
> > white silver print."
> > 
> Well, he may be right but it really doesnt matter.
> 
> Countless photographers have closed down their darkroom and except 
for
> a few, are never ever going back to traditional b&w printing.
> 
> Digital B&W printing has come a long way in the past 4-5 years and
> progress is still being made. But there's room for both system and 
its
> photography's gain.
> 
> Cheers,
> André

It might be worth remembering that John gets sponsorship from Kodak, 
has made a lot of his fame and income supporting film products, and 
just might be nudged by this relationship with Kodak to try and keep 
film products in demand.  Not a bad thing, just a business.  I'd 
like to see it work, if that's the case, to keep film around, since 
Kodak is abandoning the darkroom for the lightroom, maybe it will 
have some influence.