Digital BW, The Print

Antonis,

  ---- Original Message ----- 
  From: antonisphoto 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:31 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Piezo2 vs ImagePrint RIPS? Mike K.?


  Mike,

  while you were "away", I posted a report on ImagePrint in message 8371. Any 
  further comments?

  <Response> Yes, I read it and think you did an excellent job. I find the tones a bit smoother and the blacks more dense. The dither pattern is a bit different, but visually (w/o a loupe) one can not see the dither.

  Are the Lyson profiles you mention for RGB or grayscale files (on their way to 
  hex-black)? I assume these are provided by Colorbyte as part of IP4.

  <Response> Interesting question. I used them for grayscale quads and they work beautifully.

  And, of course, you make a very good point. If you follow these lists you'd 
  think nobody ever has time to take a single picture. We all seem buried in the 
  minutiae of tech talk. But photography - wet or otherwise - has always been 
  the point where art meets esoteric tech tips and tricks. With a particularly fast 
  moving target like digital, we can barely afford to peacefully set-it-and-forget-it. 

  But I, for one, have enjoyed some of that peace for a year now of "straight" 
  piezo on 1160. Costly, imperfect (in its end-user controls), not without 
  problems, but, man, so rewarding in the prints I have made.  Of course, one 
  has to forget the subtleties available in such silver prints as Michael Kenna's. 
  It may be a while before we get there digitally. And, yes, I have seen his prints 
  up close and had the same reaction as you.

  <Response> I prints are amazing. I even briefly conmsidered building my darkroom again.....ever so briefly, and them remembered that my idea of fun is not spending the whole day in the dark.

  Mike


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