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Subject: [Leica] M8 v M9--better printers needed
From: stasys1 at cox.net (stasys1 at cox.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 8:36:58 -0700

Doug- I second your comments re: digital prints vs. wet darkroom prints. You 
could not have explained it better. Best, Stasys
---- 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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