Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney"
<kcarney1@c...> wrote:
> ...I must tell you that the finest pt/pd prints I have
> seen in person, i.e. held in my lusting little hands as opposed to
viewing
> through glass) are made from small camera (35mm and 6x7cm) negs
enlarged in
> the darkroom to 20x24.  These are from Tom Millea
(www.tommillea.com) and
> David Kennedy (http://www.davidmichaelkennedy.com/indexold.html).

Ken, I don't know what Tom has been up to for a long time, but the
prints I saw long ago were enlarged negs from 35mm polapan. This put
him considerably ahead of the rest by elimnating the interpositive. 
Less loss and tonal scale distortion. That film also has (had?) a
beautiful grain structure.
Haven't seen Kennedy's prints, but he certainly has impressive people
singing his praises.

Still though, the platinum prints I liked best were straight contact
prints from the original big neg. Of course I've also seen very
unimpressive examples.

I keep hearing about Epson made negs, but have yet to see a print.
Tyler