I have started studying my Photoshop 3.0 thanks to these recent
discussions on imaging and will be meeting with a service bureau next week
to begin a new learning curve. Two brief questions: #1 If you take a lupe
or microscope to the final 16x20 Platinum Print made via a contact
exposure with a 16x20 digital negative from a 4x5 con't tone original,
can you see the halftone dot patters which apparently are evident in the
16x20 dig neg. #2 If I were to place two Pt prints side by side : one made
from a perfectly exposed 16x20 orig con't tone neg exposed in a 16x20
camera and the other made from a 4x5 con't tone neg and then scanned ,
processed and scaled to a 16x20 dig neg which in turn is contact printed
for the final 16x20 Platinum print: would a savy platinum printer who is
blind to their respective orgins see them as equivalent? Might he prefer
the dig processed print ?
I also want to say that all this is very exciting to me and I am grateful
for the opportunity to be a part of this list. It is absolutely a real
treat to be able to share in these technical discussions and to be able to
continue learning with such like minded people.
Stephen Harrison