introduction
2004-10-27 by Dean
Hello. I have just joined this group, and would like to introduce myself. My name is Dean Johnston. I am from New Zealand and I now live in Japan. Up until now I have only made darkroom B&W prints, and only RC ones at that. Mostly I use and print from 35mm film, although I do have a 6x6 camera which I use and print from occasionally. My primary interest is in B&W photographs, however I am using colour a little more lately. This has prompted me to explore the purchase of a film scanner and an inkjet printer, as I wanted to control the colour process. Originally I had planned to continue with B&W in the darkroom only. However, after reading a little on the web I have decided to give B&W inkjet printing a try too, as it seems that now it is indeed possible to get very good (or maybe even amazing) results in B&W. Probably I will just concentrate on black only printing at first. This will allow me to also do the colour work I want to do. I'd like to thank Clayton Jones for his very informative article on BO printing, which not only got me started on this course but also lead me to this group. Funds are low at the moment, but next month (fingers crossed) I hope to be able to purchase a scanner and printer. I am aiming at the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 at the moment, as it seems to be offering the most bang for bucks, as it were. I have read some very favourable reports from users of this scanner. The printer I think I will get is the Epson PM-400PX, otherwise known as the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 outside of Japan. It has been heavily discounted here in Japan with the impending release of the PX-G5000 next month. Around US$422 now. Any advise/warnings on this hardware would be welcome, especially from anyone who has used the Epson PM-400PX with the English language driver downloaded from the US site. Thanks. Dean Johnston http://www.zoomtopia.com/ http://www.pgallery.net/deanjohnston/folder-list.html