[Leica] Re: Epson 3800 whose GOT THEM now printing

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

>From 1962, when I made my first print in a darkroom, until I couldn't get 
>it any more, I printed my portraits on Ansco Indiatone paper developed in 
>Dektol.  When that ran out I switched to Polycontrast G and Selectol. I 
>never really learned to love any other papers, but tried 'em all -- Forte, 
>Seagull, you name it.

I like Crane Museo Silver Rag paper imaged in my Epson 3800 printer better 
than anything else I've ever used. The good old days were romantic but the 
prints are better now. I've pulled out some old negatives from the 1960s and 
1970s and scanned them and printed them with my modern system and compared 
the prints to what's in my storage boxes. There's no comparison: the new 
prints are just better. More shadow detail, more luminous highlights, richer 
blacks (I didn't previously think it was 
possible to have a richer black than what I got with Indiatone).

Brian