Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, I think you are looking at other factors - what comes out of inkjet printers, if they print at all, are from dSLR or digicam where the technical excellence of the output is much better than the film days. Remember the infamous 30D as good as medium format article. On 11/6/09, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>>> ;-) I admire anybody who takes the time and makes the effort to still >>>> work >>> in the darkroom these days, but I don't think any photo made in the >>> darkroom >>> is automatically "better" than any photo printed on an inkjet >>> printer.<<<<<<<,, > > > The problem is 90 percent of what comes out of peoples home darkrooms are > inept as in totally unacceptable in any real sense. And most of these > people > are smart enough to not show them to you. > It's just darned hard to make a good darkroom print and people who are > "hobbyists" almost never have close to the time nor commitment to be > bothering with it. They take the first thing which comes out and then on to > the next neg and that's good enough for them and they're having fun. > > Its just not how their ideal Ansel nor Edward nor Imogen printed. > Spending an hour on a single print is nothing. > Gong through a dozen sheets of paper to get a final keeper is nothing. > > But as Ted just said a digital print can be done with the touch of the > print > button and I feel that is true and have first out prints to show you to > prove it. > - we don't have to leave it at that and be on to the next shot before it > even comes out of the printer. > We can wait and look at it and make adjustments just as we did with a > darkroom print. Though its much easier to get away with not having to do > that. I have plenty of those to show you too. They tend to look a bit > better. > Crafted. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963