Digital BW, The Print

I knew that some day someone would bring Austin out. Welcome!

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 1514


> Ah yes, we all thought it...but only Austin could say it quite that way!
>
> I'd like to think that Jerry is smiling in photographers paradise where he
> printing 40x60in prints from his D60!
>
> :-)
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 5/20/03 6:14 PM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...> wrote:
>
> > Claude,
> >
> >> I just printed a 13x19 Piezo print from a Sigma XD-9 sensor in a
> >> $1,500 Sigma
> >> camera from a $250 macro lens that IN THE PRINT shows more micro
> >> detail than
> >> I could ever get from a 4x5 TriX optical print.
> >
> > Good grief, you make me laugh.  This is simply a foolish statement, and
I
> > can't imagine how you expect anyone to take you seriously.  I don't mean
to
> > be mean here, but you just say things that have no basis in reality.
What
> > did you do to the poor Tri-X 4x5 to make it come out so horribly?  I
> > absolutely know my 35mm Tri-X gives FAR more detail than the Signal
SD-9,
> > which is what I assume you meant.
> >
> >> I have color 30x40's from a Kodak Pro Back that looked better
> >> than 4x5 neg
> >> optical prints, so it's good enough to hand on walls and get top
> >> dollar for.
> >
> > Again, simply utterly silly.  Good for a laugh though...
> >
> >> End of theory for me.
> >
> > It appears from your claims here, and like on the Piezo list, you simply
> > don't know how to use film!
> >
> > Austin
> >
> >
>
>
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