Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The following may sound like heresy, but I recently pronted some 8x10 prints from medium format negatives. This was my first darkroom work in months. Pretty well all of my 35mm work is now printed on my Epson 1270. I've become accustomed to the look of my digital prints, and I must say that the silver darkroom prints were very disappointing. Technically, the prints were OK. Nice tonality, nothing that anyone would complain about. The b/w prints I've made recently with my 1270 simply seem richer than the darkroom prints (admittedly made on RC paper, not fibre based). The Epson blacks seem much blacker, and the whites sparkle just that bit more. And the Epson prints are on 8 1/2 x 11 paper rather than 8x10 and seem just a bit more impressive from a size point of view. Anyways, JMHO Dan C. At 01:29 PM 24-05-00 -0400, Tina Manley wrote: >At 09:19 AM 5/24/00 -0700, you wrote: >>The digital print gives a lot of information on >>what is in the negative. I would like to hear what others are doing in this >>regard. Bill > >Welcome, Bill. I do the same. Leicas, film and chemistry for the >negatives, digital and Epson for the prints. > >Leically, > >Tina > > >Tina Manley, ASMP >http://www.tinamanley.com > > >