<< This is not a reflection of luddite attitudes. We are not yet at a stage
where digital negatives can reproduce the same quality as high quality
continuous tone film.>>
I think there is perhaps an easy answer to this one Terry - you need to get
to know someone with an Iris printer.
Must be some ageing ex-rock stars with an interest in photography living in
your area :-)
Peter Marshall
Fixing Shadows and elsewhere:
http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/cgi-uva/cgiwrap/~ds8s/Niepce/peter-m.cgi