Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dead on . . . The LS 2000 and Epson Photo 700 have intensified my interest in film, if for no other reason than that I at last have access to the *whole* process from exposure to final print and that I can for the first time integrate photography seamlessly into my living/work circumstances. I can walk away from a photoshop session and return to it as I choose. Digital is an incredible boon to those of us who are serious about film photography but not especially well situated to set up and use darkrooms. CHandos At 08:42 AM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >At 06:49 AM 2/2/99 +0100, you wrote: >>A provocative question as a conclusion (not aimed at you specifically, >>Jim): why are some of us so defensive on the input side of things at >>shooting stage and, at the same time, so relaxed on the usage of crummy >>scanners and consumer grade inkjet printers to produce the output from >>our precious Leica APO-ASPH-f1 whatevers ? >> >>I find that the proponents of inkjet printing of Leica images before >>2049 should be submitted to the same instantaneous flaming as the >>proponents of digital as an alternative to film ! ;-) >> >>Alan >>Brussels-Belgium >> > > >Hi, Alan - > >I respectfully disagree. My Leica images scanned with the Nikon LS-2000 >and printed on the Epson PhotoEx are better than the Cibachromes that take >so much work in the darkroom. I'm just talking about color here. I'm >still working on the best method for scanning B&W. The only problem with >the inkjet printers is the fading. Epson is working on that and is >supposed to have a solution soon. The scans from the LS-2000 are better >than Kodak CD's and the equal of drum scans. I love film and cannot see >the day that I will go totally digital because of the quality of the >cameras, not the scanners and printers. > >Leically, > >Tina > > >Tina Manley, ASMP > >http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html >http://www.pomegranates.com/frame/manley/index.html >http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html > Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown/