[Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Doug,
Have you tried the new baryta papers for digital printing? I have tried two
of them, Harmon Photo Gloss and Ilford Gold Fibre Silk. They are very good
indeed, and the Ilford at its price point is a relative bargain..
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty happy with my M8. It supplements my film camera nicely. The crop
> doesn't bother me. Of course, without the crop it would be even better, but
> 5.$$$$$$$$$$ better?
>
> Perhaps the images of the M9 will be sharper, clearer.Great. But I'm the
> type who likes not only the sharpness and contrast of the new lenses, but
> the look of the 50-year-old ones as well. The different aesthetics of
> different periods are like diverse tastes. If the M0 gives us another 
> taste,
> great. We'll have one more to chose from. Nothing wrong with that. But it
> doesn't mean I have to have one--at least right away.
>
> For now, an M6 for film and an M8/8.2 for digital meet my needs.
>
> Where I would like to see some more progress is in the printing technology.
>
> My feeling about digital printing is that it makes fine posters. The
> darkroom stuff still looks better. They have the glow that paintings have.
> The magic is embedded in the paper. Ink on paper doesn't get the same
> effect. That's probably why the painters use paint and not ink by and 
> large.
>
> That said I confess I work both in the darkroom and with Photoshop. I love
> the control Photoshop provides. If I only had that in the darkroom. But I
> also love the look of silver prints. If only my printer could do that as
> well. That's why I hope for big progress in printing. I might also add that
> negatives always hold more info than you can get on the print. The paper
> remains a problem common to both.
>
> Doug
>
>
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