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Subject: [Leica] Anyone here tried Platinum printing?
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:43:40 -0500
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Pablo,

I see that HP has an application for making digital negatives on the 
Z3200, for silver and pt/pd.  Can you tell us why the HP is preferable 
to the Epson for this purpose?  Thx for any information.

Ken


On 4/20/2014 6:22 PM, Pablo Kolodny wrote:
> I do mine but with an HP. Didn't like what others do with Epson either.
> I know of some of Erwitt's also done with HP, these just look like what 
> pt/pd should. As you say, rich tonal range and deep blacks
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 20, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'd do this and not go the Epson route. Work from enlarged Negs.  I viewed
>> some of these Platinum prints from Epson "negs" at the AIPAD show at the
>> Park Ave Armory last week or so and they are washed out looking and don't
>> look at all good. Including the ones done to Elliot Erwitt iconic work. An
>> excuse to sell prints with another zero at the end. I'm a big fan of his I
>> don't think he has much to do with this.
>>
>> Platinum prints are supposed to be rich and dark. Not the opposite. And
>> incredibly sharp. Not the opposite.
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Replies: Reply from pkolodny1 at icloud.com (Pablo Kolodny) ([Leica] Anyone here tried Platinum printing?)
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