Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-25 by cloudswimmer7774
Man I hear this all the time.Mostly at DPreview dot comm.Is digital capture really now a match for 8x10 BW film in fine art?I live on the Calif. coast and
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Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-25 by joshscapes
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream... merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily getting as good result with digital as you get with film is but a dream.
NEW Epson 220 $59. Any want it?
2006-03-25 by ginnylady33
My local store had these on sale. I bought one and had them put a hold on one figuring someone here might want it. New in sealed box. Add $10 UPS ground. Email
RE: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-25 by Ken Carney
IMHO a digital SLR and a few lenses buys a lot of artistic freedom. My own experience, which certainly will not be to everyone s liking: When I started the
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-25 by john dean
The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin . And the first
[Digital BW] Re: Somewhat embarrassing 220/2400 BO confession
2006-03-25 by Clayton Jones
Hello Howard, ... Absolutely. It s one of the advantages of BO. Because of the bare paper showing between the dots there is a lot less ink used, the amount
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-25 by joshscapes
Better start imagining what? They are dead for crying out loud. You know I would expect that someone who uses digi in their screen name would be very one
Re: [Digital BW] Two Embarassing Questions
2006-03-25 by Tina Manley
... Touch the back of your tongue to the paper. Whichever side your tongue sticks to is the printable side. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com
[Digital BW] Re: Somewhat embarrassing 220/2400 BO confession
2006-03-25 by how786
Another interesting observation is that I seem to be able to make a heck of a lot of 8.5X11 prints with the 220 and BO. I believe I ve made 30 or 40 today at
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-25 by Greg
... track ... Wouldn t it be nice if this were (finally) true? However, I m not to terribly impressed with the 6400 ppi scans that Vincent did. The 4800 ppi
Re: Two Embarassing Questions
2006-03-25 by gguhangunaratnam
Thanks a lot, that s a nice little formula. Now my question is, should I use it? Or should I centre on my inkjet prints, and use the formula when matting the
Re: Help Please
2006-03-25 by gguhangunaratnam
I m sorry, I should have proofread my post. It should read: ...it looks as though that after the head passed these areas the paper rubbed up against
Help Please
2006-03-25 by G Guhan Gunaratnam
My first VFA 13x19 has come out of the printer. Far from perfect... Ooo, the ink..... About a 1/4 into the print something went really wrong, it looks as
Re: Two Embarassing Questions
2006-03-24 by edrudolpho
Guhan, this is a link to a method for optical centering. http://www.russellcottrell.com/photo/centering.htm As for size, on 13x19 i print anywhere from 12x8 to
Two Embarassing Questions
2006-03-24 by G Guhan Gunaratnam
Hello, I ve got some VFA to print on, and I need to know which is the printable side. One is cleaner than the other (smoother texture) and whiter. This is
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by john dean
Mark is right. More or less ? More or less Imacon, possibly, more or less PMT, not.What in the world is that about. I pray that you will make us eat our words
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by Peter Marshall
Mark, I ve not seen Epson s hype. I have looked at the only detailed hands-on review of the V700 that I m aware of, by Vincent Oliver, which he finished a day
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by Mark Savoia
Peter, A $799 scanner that will beat or match scanners costing many thousands of dollars? Not buying Epson s hype, are you? Mark ... [Non-text portions of this
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by Peter Marshall
I think the Epson V750 Pro (due in May) is going to make dedicated film scanners such as the Minolta ones obsolete, giving more or less the same quality as
[Digital BW] Re: What is GCR?
2006-03-24 by Greg
... I ll see if I can find some links this weekend. I have a few in a folder on a machine somewhere....
Re: Multiple Bracket Exposures with High Bit HDR and CS2
2006-03-24 by john dean
I know, me too 20 years ago. Frederick Sommer had this technique where he cut out a density relief map in acetate sheets and contacted that to his 8x10 contact
Re: Multiple Bracket Exposures with High Bit HDR and CS2
2006-03-24 by robert49brake
... Here is a link to a video tutorial on Merge to HDR. It is a section of a tutorial CD that shipped with PSCS2. There are also slightly different options
Dell 24 inch LCDs are on sale
2006-03-24 by rgoldman2
This is in the spirit of a public service announcement for those interested. A couple of months ago there was some discussion abour LCD monitors. I ve been
[Digital BW] Re: LAB to RGB formula?
2006-03-24 by Helen Bach
I agree with Steve. When going from CIELab to RGB values you need to define the colour space. If you want to choose a color space I could adapt one of my
[Digital BW] Re: What is GCR?
2006-03-24 by Olivier
... %. ... stay ... % ... In ... second ... Martin, thanks for the info. Could you possibly direct me to a site for further knowledge. Olivier
Re: [Digital BW] Color vision
2006-03-24 by CDTobie@aol.com
... Correct... ... That would be Spyder2express; which is now cross-platform (Mac & PC, ColorPlus was just PC), and which includes the new Spyder2 colorimeter,
Re: [Digital BW] Re: LAB to RGB formula?
2006-03-24 by Steve Kale
I think there s no such thing in the sense that RGB is not a colour model per se. You would have to define which RGB space. The numbers for R, G and B,
Re: [Digital BW] Re: What is GCR?
2006-03-24 by Martin Sluka
... The inklimit for inkjet printers is very low - typically 240-280 %. It means the printer may drop only such amount of particular inks that they sum is not
Color vision
2006-03-24 by Stephen Kobrin
Color Vision has appears to have phased out the Color Plus profiling unit, which is why it was on sale for $69. However, they have replaced it with Spyder2
Re: Converting RGB density readings into BW density readings
2006-03-24 by John Vitollo
... Helen, You have the beta software for PFP that reads LAB and Density? Contact CDTobie if not. Best, John V.
Re: What is GCR?
2006-03-24 by joshhackney
Eirik, That was perfect. Thanks for the help. Didn t mean to take a shot at anyone who speaks english as a second language. It was my frustration at not
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by john dean
Look I m not knocking film, I shoot it for my work becasue I happen to have a drum scanner and can t afford a $30,000.00 back. I m just facing reality and this
Re: Multiple Bracket Exposures with High Bit HDR and CS2
2006-03-24 by digikdm
Thanks a lot John! ... dynamic ... 16 ... in ... CS2 ... bracketed ... registration ... any ... registration ... much ... retain ... gargantuan ... gotten ...
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by digikdm
you d better start imagining it. ... PERIOD ... grittiness??? ... other ... digital / ... like, or
Re: Converting RGB density readings into BW density readings
2006-03-24 by Helen Bach
Hi, I used about thirty sets of readings from a Macbeth TR924. I ll try the second formula on them when I get the chance. I bought my PFP on eBay. It was $400
Multiple Bracket Exposures with High Bit HDR and CS2
2006-03-24 by john dean
Kevin You can do it either way. However, when you MERGE TO HDR (high dynamic range- 32 bit) the raw file must be completely raw and unprocessed 16 bit data
Re: [Digital BW] Re: LAB to RGB formula?
2006-03-24 by Brian
... AFAIK the Excel spectral calculator spreadsheets on this page http://www.brucelindbloom.com/SpectCalcSpreadsheets.html will do what you want. Regards,
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by djon43
... retrophotographic.com freestyle.com www.jandcphoto.com ...sell all sorts of B&W film, paper, chemistry...as do Calumet, B&W, Adorama. I don t think a
for John Dean
2006-03-24 by digikdm
John, Could you elaborate on your technique for droping your bracketed exposures in to PS-CS2 with instant registration and combine them into one image. Is
Re: LAB to RGB formula?
2006-03-24 by alanrew42
AFAIK the Excel spectral calculator spreadsheets on this page http://www.brucelindbloom.com/SpectCalcSpreadsheets.html will do what you want. Regards, Alan
Re: [Digital BW] 1280 clog solutions ...
2006-03-24 by Bob Michaels
MIS PRO color inks have become another reason for the 1280 continuing utility. They make the 1280 color output the equal of the more recent models. And, no
Re: [Digital BW] color and B&W
2006-03-24 by rglezmez
Many thanks for your answer, Paul! ... some ... and ... desaturated ... and ... really good ... thread a ... was any ... printers) ... ideal; they ... however,
Re: [Digital BW] Scanning 35mm vs digital camera
2006-03-24 by Brian Ellis
However for new images you will probably get better quality from a camera such as the Nikon D200 or Canon 5D rather than film under almost all circumstances
LAB to RGB formula?
2006-03-24 by bripriuk
Hi I m getting an Epson R2400 next week, and I ll be doing lots of measurements to work out the best way to go for B/W. Does anyone know of an Excell formula
Re: Converting RGB density readings into BW density readings
2006-03-24 by joejx8
Hi Helen, Thank you so much for your detailled answer. I found two formula for converting Y / RGB: Y=0.299*R + 0.587*G + 0.114*B Y=0.222*R + 0.707*G + 0.071*B
Re: What is GCR?
2006-03-24 by Olivier
... Thanks Eirik and sorry for the non-translation. Meanwhile, if one has further pratical explanation at the printer level, I d be glad to better understand
[Digital BW] Re: More Epson 220 Questions
2006-03-24 by how786
ROFL! Thank you for clarifying the matter. I knew the answer had to be something as simple as this. Best Howard ... all. ... that.
Re: What is GCR?
2006-03-24 by Eirik Berger
This is what he tried to explain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_component_replacement I understood, is it because I live on the east side of the atlantic?
Re: BO Prints: Digital Image Capture vs. Film
2006-03-24 by Clayton Jones
Hello David, ... Only because with UT7 you re getting Eboni in the K slot, a known and highly regarded ink for BO. I have nothing against k7. I haven t used
[Digital BW] Re: More Epson 220 Questions
2006-03-24 by Clayton Jones
Hello Howard, ... Yes, it has to do with the alignment of the planets in your horoscope. If you have Saturn rising with your moon in Aquarius you re dead meat