Digital BW, The Print

"I have read so many posts in this group regarding the difficulty of 
achieving a satisfactory b&w print with injet technology"
 Yeah, like it's so easy with traditional darkroom. Until inkjet I rarely 
saw any good B&W prints from anyone but the pros. Sad thing was I saw many 
who thought they were good with the traditional darkroom who were awful.
 Richard


 On 8/20/05, T <griller1_99@...> wrote: 
> 
> I have to agree with John Sexton's comments having spent many years 
> photographing and realizing the results of my efforts in the darkroom. The 
> results I have achieved with injet are not as rewarding to me. I have read 
> so many posts in this group regarding the difficulty of achieving a 
> satisfactory b&w print with injet technology. Some of the recent posts 
> referring to John's comment understand him and others just don't get it!! 
> While it is true the major manufacturers are getting into the newer 
> techonology and putting the "old" aside unfortunately. There is sitll a 
> glimmer of light because there are others coming along to take their place. 
> Therefore those of us who find more satisfaction doing our photography the 
> "old-fashioned" way can take heart that we will be able to continue. If your 
> choice is digital, more power to you! I am not ready at this juncture to 
> join the "more pixels" race. My old MF camera continues to "chug" along 
> giving me beautiful transparencies and
> negatives. And I don't have the "I'll fix it in photoshop" mentality yet!! 
> ..:-)
> 
> T
> 
> 
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