Ender100@aol.com
Date: 05/13/01-06:23:33 PM Z
Bob,
Have you ever seen the silver prints sold by LensWork magazine?
(www.lenswork.com) They are beauiful prints. They are made with digital
negatives from an imagesetter at a very high resolution.
Regarding the cost of having a digital negative made by a service bureau, I
don't think it is as expensive as you might think, IF you are going to make a
number of prints. Plus it does save a heck of a lot of darkroom time.
I have scanned negatives and prepared the digital files to be sent out for an
imagesetter for a local photographer. He also runs a very high quality
custom color and black and white lab. He is an excellent black and white
printer and platinum printer. He loves the negatives from and imagesetter.
I think there is room for both. For health reasons I cannot work in a
darkroom. So digital is my choice. I hope that people continue to use both
methods—or discover new methods. I'm sure glad that people continue to use
and explore and improve upon the alt processes and haven't abondoned them
because they are "old fashioned".
Mark Nelson
In a message dated 5/13/01 6:11:38 PM, bmaxey1@juno.com writes:
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Yes, you can make matched prints - 10 or a million, but even with an
image setter, I'll bet there will be changes should you need to have
another negative made months later. Granted, small ones.
And YES, I can make large editions that can be hard to distinguish. I
will agree that chemicals change and with the limitations of chemistry
from batch to batch, there will be some differences. This can't be
helped. But I can easily match what I did before using my guide prints.
Perfect match? No way, I'll give you this.
Yes, I use an image setter; or at least have the nuts and bolts done by a
printer who uses one. I produce many catalogs each year, and I the
quality is hard to argue against. But few people can or will use them
because of costs, fewer will purchase one. >>
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