Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]First, thanks to all who responded to my query vs. point-and-shoot digcams, prosumer digicams, or neg scanners. After doing a little research and a little thinking, I've ordered a Minolta Dimage Dual Scan III from B&H (to arrive next week). That way, I can still use my beloved Leica and Voigtlander cameras, get things onto the web, and still have negatives of all my shots for printing in the darkroom (when I get one of those up and running). Now, I've also discovered that printers have come down considerably in price. For example, the Canon i850 printer is currently available for around $150 with a little shopping around and the mail-in rebate. While I'm not particularly interested in producing 8x10" exhibition quality prints from something like that, I am interested in producing 5x7" proofs that I can carry around, or perhaps a small album of 8x10" inkjet prints to take to LUG meetings and such. (The advantages of the Canon range is that they use over the Epson is that they are (a) cheaper, (b) use individual ink tanks for colour ink.) I picked up a funny little book called "Duotones, Tritones and Quadtones" by Nick Clark at my local, s/h bookstore. I've always liked tritone and quadtone prints and it would be fun to play with these if I get a printer. Of course, these all require a calibrated colour management system, which is where my confusion comes in. I'd be using the aforementioned scanner, an Apple PowerBook G4 (with it's 15" LCD monitor), OSX Jaguar, and (probably) an i850 (or possibly the new i950). Can anyone provide me with an overview (or reference to one) on how I would go about setting up this so that I could work like this: 1) Scan negatives/transparencies 2) Convert to CMYK in Photoshop 7 3) Play around in my digital darkroom, including creating tritones/quadtones 4) Print this on the printer with predictable results The reason I ask is because three days of surfing the net on Apple, Canon, Minolta, and various digital imaging sites hasn't resulted in any useful information... unless I wish to spend another $2,000 on equipment (which I don't). M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html