Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Allen's Camera in Levittown, PA had about 15 2200's instock when I was in the Friday. The phone number is 215-547-2841. He will ship. I think his price is $699 plus shipping. Ask for Allen (owner) or Rob. They are a small shop. Best time to call is first thing when they open before they get busy. That would be 9:30am EST M-F or 10:00am EST Saturday. They are good people. Regards, Doug Douglas Richard Lee Cinnaminson, NJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Epson 2200 for B/W. What's the verdict? > Simon Stevens wrote: > > > > My apologies if this has been answered before. I did a search of the > > archives and didn't find anything. > > > > What's the verdict on the Epson 2200 for black and white? I have a chemical > > darkroom, but I no longer have enough time to use it. I'd like to switch to > > a digital darkroom but while I have been very impressed with the results > > from Piezography, I don't think I have the time nor patience for that > > either. > > > > On paper, the Epson 2200 looks pretty good. I have heard good things about > > it as a color printer, but I haven't talked to anyone who does serious B/W > > who has one to get a verdict on the results from scanned B/W negatives. How > > do the results compare with a chemical darkroom? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Simon Stevens > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > I've been trying to get a 2200 but you have to know someone and I don't > know them. I'd love to get one this week. > > I've heard that with it's "two shades of black" you can get great black > and white results from it. > Although i usually work from a quadtone set up this year i did some > large prints with my color printer which is larger than my 750 which is > set up for quadtone. > > I enjoyed with my color printer being able to really pump in some "print > color" on a big time basis. Sometimes subtlety was not the first > perogetive. ... make that priority. > > I'd miss that ability once i finally convert my 2200 once i get it and > once they come out with the quadtone or cinctone or sextone grey pod clusters. > > The idea of pigments not dyes really appeals to me. > > Inkjets I feel when they are behind glass are often indistinguishable > from darkroom prints. Sometimes we feel they are a bit better. Other > times we which we'd gone down to our darkrooms. > > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > > mark@rabinergroup.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html