Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A photograph is made in the darkroom. An inkjet print is an image, but not a photograph in the true form. Blast me for this one guys. Chris Williams New Orleans - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA Meetings. It's not just about cameras anymore. > Darrell Jennings wrote: > > > > Mark, not to pick on your comment, because I am not > > sure how you intended "real" to be interpreted here. > > But there is the crux of the issue...There are some > > that think digital prints are not "real" prints. > > Since silver and other wet dark room prints are > > chemical/mechanical process, it seems to me that any > > other chemical/mechanical process is just as "real". > > It would be an interesting topic for a Leica poll. > > How many of us think digital printing is just as > > "real" as wet darkroom printing? > > > The way i feel about it is Darkroom Printing is just as "real" and legit > as inkjet and any other computer stuff but I don't feel an image on my > computer screen is as "real" and legit as those prints on paper. > Or someone opening up their laptop to show me their "portfolio." > For me that does not cut it. > > Pixels don't impress me. The beef is on paper. > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html