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[Digital BW] Re: K3: RIP vrs ABW

2006-04-23 by Paul Roark

Clayton, 


> >Well that's the thing. It's hard to achieve a perfect dead on
> >neutral.  You think it is ok, then you compare it to a quad and
> >you say, na, not quite.
> 
> Exactly what I've found.  But each paper seems to have a sweet spot
> that looks good, and it's easier to find on some papers than others.

I agree totally.  The midtones have to look good with the paper white.  I
increasingly try to have the midtones between the paper white and the dmax
black.  This minimizes the color cross-overs.


> ...  Over all I'm quite happy with K3-ABW. 
> Paul hinted once that he would like to make a toned
> grayscale set that would work in the ABW mode.  
> THAT would be really nice...
> 

Got to get the UT-3D going first -- the idea is to leapfrog Epson at a
fraction of the price.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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