Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what White House Color, and many others, do. They laser print the digital file on to color negative paper and develop it in RA-4 chemicals, so you get a Type C print from a digital file. I'm not sure if anyone prints digitally onto fiber base B&W paper. On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:53 AM, FRANK DERNIE wrote: > You used to be able to send files to be "laserprinted" onto > photographic paper. I don't know if this is still done or the > quality but those I saw a few years ago impressed me. > Frank > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com> > To: lug at leica-users.org > Sent: Friday, 21 August, 2009 2:18:20 PM > Subject: [Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information