Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 14 April 2000, FIGLIO4CAP@aol.com wrote: > > Am I crazy? Is this really a serious discussion? Have you people ever looked > at a truly fine print? Is there even a serious issue here? Silver paper is > dead and digital is the answer? Not yet in my estimate! Or maybe it's a joke > and I missed something? > If not, buy a P&S pixel camera. plug it into your computer and printer or > scan your images and have a good time. But do not think that your scanned > images can match a well-done print. (I am being had, right?) > Bob Figlio Bob, Crazy or not, a high-resolution scan of a good chrome or neg can be used to make outstanding prints. A comparison of my own B&W prints from ages ago with the demo B&W LightJet prints on display at Palmer's (2313 C street, Sacramento) would leave one to believe digital printing is the only way to make prints. Obviously this comparison leave much to be desired. I have been able to compare Cibachromes and type-C prints (via internegs) of my chromes with LightJet prints made from the same original slides. There are always compromises made with either system (digital/LightJet or analog/enlarger) but IMHO the degree of control, not to mention the range of control over the digital image is far greater than is possible with the analog/enlarger route and (again IMHO) makes up for theoretical compromises in converting film grains to pixels. Many of my own photos were unprintable before high-resolution digital technology; now they can be printed to match the color, tonal range and detail of the original. Give it a try, not with a digital P&S, but with a high-resolution scan of a Leica neg or chrome. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/