Digital BW, The Print

If you search the archives here, there was a reference and URL for 
the article about 3-4 weeks ago.

While Ralph spent the first half of the interview trashing digital 
printing, he spent the second half talking about how much of it he 
was doing now and planning to do in the future <g>...almost sounded 
like you were witnessing the change taking place within the article.

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Alan Zinn <AZinn@n...> 
wrote:
> At 08:27 AM 3/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >These dynamic range discussions and getting pedantic, boring and
> irrelevant. It seems to me the whole thing started with a 
comparison of
> silver and Piezo prints, which was not resolved and has gotten lost 
in
> streams of obscure, uninteresting postings. Can we get back to how 
silver
> and Piezo prints compare?
> >
> >In a published interview, Ralph Gibson stated that silver and 
Piezo prints
> are different and beautiful in their own, different, ways; but that 
he
> prefers silver prints. My own impression is that Piezo prints have 
more
> longer tonal range and wider gradation, particularly in the dark 
and mid
> tones. I'm not sure about the light tones. The questions are:
> >
> >1. What do you think about the differences in silver and Piezo 
prints?
> >
> >2. Can these differences be measured, and how? Has anyone measured 
there
> differences. I would think such measurements would involve, 
dentsity of the
> darkest and lightest tones, the dynamic range and the smoothness of 
the
> gradation.
> >
> >--Mitch
> >
> >
> 
> Mitch,
> 
> Where did you see the Gibson interview?  I'd have to agree that his 
prints
> would be much better as silver prints.  The ones I've seen are 11 x 
14
> prints of 35mm negs.  The grain structure is outstanding. It is 
kind of his

> signature style I would say. 
> 
> AZ
> Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.
> 
> http://lookaroundcam.com/
>          or
> keyword.com lookaround

At 08:27 AM 3/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>These dynamic range discussions and getting pedantic, boring and
irrelevant. It seems to me the whole thing started with a comparison of
silver and Piezo prints, which was not resolved and has gotten lost in
streams of obscure, uninteresting postings. Can we get back to how silver
and Piezo prints compare?
>
>In a published interview, Ralph Gibson stated that silver and Piezo prints
are different and beautiful in their own, different, ways; but that he
prefers silver prints. My own impression is that Piezo prints have more
longer tonal range and wider gradation, particularly in the dark and mid
tones. I'm not sure about the light tones. The questions are:
>
>1. What do you think about the differences in silver and Piezo prints?
>
>2. Can these differences be measured, and how? Has anyone measured there
differences. I would think such measurements would involve, dentsity of the
darkest and lightest tones, the dynamic range and the smoothness of the
gradation.
>
>--Mitch
>
>

Mitch,

Where did you see the Gibson interview?  I'd have to agree that his prints
would be much better as silver prints.  The ones I've seen are 11 x 14
prints of 35mm negs.  The grain structure is outstanding. It is kind of his
signature style I would say. 

AZ
Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.

http://lookaroundcam.com/
         or
keyword.com lookaround