Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It would be a very telling comparison. I'm raking my brains out trying to figure out how to get more darkroom time. I'm about 15 years behind in printing. S. Dimitrov > From: "David Rodgers" <davrodgers@msn.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:37:33 -0800 > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: It's so easy.. > > Slobodan, > > It'll be interesting to see if over the long term inkjet prints aren't > viewed as more akin to lithographs than conventional silver or platinum > prints, in terms of value. > > DaveR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: It's so easy.. > > >> Easy ain't got nothing to do with it. It's all about market value. A >> baryta >> (!) photograph, and this is a purposeful usage of the term, will by far >> outstrip the investment value over an ink jet print. I think we at this >> stage of a techne transition owe it to future generations. And I do make a >> distinction between a photograph, as coined originally, and the current >> usage of a "print." >> S. Dimitrov >> >> >>> From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> >>> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:47:46 -0500 >>> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: It's so easy.. >>> >>> Bill Lawlor wrote: >>>> I will never process RA-4 again, but I'm reserving judgement about B&W >>>> because I haven't been able to make a decent B&W print with inkjet, >>>> yet. >>> >>> It's a very personal thing, and I spent a lot of time looking >>> for a B&W digital printing solution. I finally settled on the >>> Piezography quadtone system and have been very happy (very) >>> ever since. The only shortcoming is that there is no glossy >>> paper for it. >>> >>> - Phong >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > -- > 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