Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] "It's a new medium"
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:19:34 -0500
 
> Mark eloquently wrote that darkroom prints and inkjet prints are
> different medium, and thus should not be compared. He further wrote
> that when people no longer have much access to silver gelatin prints,
> then they will not demand inkjet prints to look like SGP.
> 
> Points taken. I agree with the former but not necessarily the second part.
> 
> In any case, perhaps "it's a new medium" can be applied to the
> photo-manip techniques too.
> 
> BUT I WOULD NEVER get used to the ghastly images such as these:
> http://4pphotoblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/falls-park-in-hdr.html
> 
> My eyes, my eyes.


I have no problem with comparing darkroom prints and inkjet prints.


Mark William Rabiner
In reply to: Message from richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] "It's a new medium")