In a message dated 2/21/01 3:32:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Purely personally, I'm not too bothered about colour lab habits as I see
standard colour print as an inherently quality free medium. It is simply
incapable of producing a result I would want to hang on a wall, and I shoot
colour neg for scanning with a view to producing inkjet prints on watercolour
paper, once the technology has matured a little more. >>
I ~certainly~ won't argue with your right to believe in ~small format~
digital or its possibilities. I will caution you that neither of us can
afford "real digital" imaging, that is: medium and 4 x 5 formats which are
producing amazing photographs right now, ~today~.
But no ~small format~ digital setup, can even approach medium format/4 x 5
quality for years, probably ten or more. The technology for small format
digital simply is not there and no one is likely to develop such any time
soon.
*Do you have the ballpark figure for setting up a "competent" small format
digital imaging system?
Upwards of $30,000 for 11 x 14 capability, $85,000 and up for 16 x 20.
Mafud
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