Digital BW, The Print

One more thing to worry about:  This list itself is an exception to the
trend.  Many with high-end gear are imaging only for the web.  With a 24"
LCD what more do you need...We have a new news photog in town who has never
used film, or printed in a darkroom.  

  --Ken 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of john dean
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 3:31 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: John Sexton's comment on B&W print
> 
> I should tell you something that the Kodak Poly Fine Art 
> fiber paper is no longer being produced. That was the paper I 
> used and I thought it was almost perfect. I don't think Agfa 
> Portriga is sill made either. Ilford fiber, how long? Even 
> Spottone is gone. One thing for sure, a lot of choices are 
> not going to be available for high-end silver paper. 
> Eventually everyones prints are going to look the same, with 
> a little toning here and there. It is quickly becoming what 
> Platinum work became at the turn of the century - a highly 
> specialized, expensive, and esoteric activity. A lot of 
> people are going to love it for that very reason. Georgia 
> State University just finished building a whole new set of 
> traditional darkrooms. They'll keep the flame going in some 
> of the universities like they did woodburytypes at Arizona 
> State when I was in school.
> 
> John