Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People should stick with whatever they want to stick with. But they shouldn't make silly statements about whether or not a current technology will evolve to the point where it will surpass the quality achieved by an older technology. ;-) On 2/20/06 12:37 PM, "Luis Miguel Casta?eda" <lmc@interlink.es> wrote: > > On 20/02/2006, at 18:09, Frank Filippone wrote: > >> B+W wet darkrooms will never be surpassed by digital prints. > > I won't say that; future is a very long road, and who knows what we > will find in the long run... perhaps we will find ourselves blushed > by our today's (or yesterday) firm statements. In the same way that > even the silver papers have evolved during their timeline offering > distinctive looks from ones to others, they always looked somewhat > different to kallitypes/palladium/etc. There is about the same with > digital printing, even more in this early stage. > > Anyway, for B&W I will stick with film and wet prints, now it looks > finer for me and it adds the sense of handcrafting which I love and > appreciate; digital printing simply cannot have it. > > I do understand that others appreciate other ways of printing by > their own reasons and tastes, right, but presenting the matter as > "this is the blessed path", "xxxx printing is better (dot)", etc is > kinda a child attitude seen quite often everywhere. > > > > > Saludos > ----------------------------------------- > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information