Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Herr wrote: > >Marc, as Dan C suggested, if the prints from your 1200S scans impress you, >try printing from a really good scan. YMMV, but I was so impressed that I >gave up the enlarger for good. There's a long learning curve ahead of you >but the results are worth it. > > The ease of applying unsharp and contrast masking is hard to believe. Although I've done a certain amount of Cibachrome printing (mostly years ago, more recently I've sent it out) and although there is a somewhat steep learning curve with Photoshop (I'm not on the top of the curve yet), the things that can be done in the "digital darkroom" are nothing short of amazing. There is no question in my mind that, perhaps unless your name is Ctein, for color enlarging, digital far surpasses the conventional chemical darkroom. Now for B/W is this the case? (An honest question). Do folks feel that digital surpasses "silver gelatin fiber" ? There seems to be something to the appearance of a conventional print that has a certain look that I find appealing, but perhaps it's just because I am not enough of an expert B/W digital printer (yet). Jonathan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html