Digital BW, The Print

On Apr 7, 2009, at 9:02 AM, C D Tobie wrote:

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> Thats rather like claiming you prefer vinyl records to CDs.
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There are audiophiles who still do.  All things considered I am not  
one of them, but I do hear the areas where vinyl is still superior.   
(actually, making an apples and apples comparison between CD and vinyl  
is quite difficult...)

Ansel said that the print is the performance, and the print has always  
been what has driven my interest in photography.  At the same time,  
things change, technologies change and emerge, and David, you're  
probably the one to ask:  Where do things stand with what I'd call a  
high-end, high rez version of the little digital photo frames that  
seem more of a novelty than anything else right now?  In other words,  
while I love prints, I also see that on a very good monitor, a back  
lit image can be stunning, like looking at a transparency on a light  
table, as has been mentioned.  It would seem to me that a large screen  
with, say, an Eizo quality, with a built-in hard drive, like an iMac,  
thin, easily mountable on a wall with no additional computer, would be  
a logical extension of what already exists.  Anyone who has tried to  
hang even a small collection of framed work knows how quickly finite  
wall space disappears.  Back lit images look great.  The rotation of  
images serves variety, so an entire collection could be displayed in  
the space of one framed image.  As I say, I know that small, modest- 
quality versions of this exist, and it wouldn't surprise me if larger,  
high-rez versisons, do, too.  But I'm not aware of what the status of  
them is. I could see them becoming as popular as flat screen tvs if  
the price got similar, which of course a 20x24 or larger Eizo wouldn't  
be today, at least...

James

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