What Herb said plus - they have more control over the process.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:02 PM Subject: Re: PP: Digital Grain > your experience runs counter to all the major fine art pros in my area. they > dropped wet prints en masse not long after the Epson archival inkjet > printers came out because the results were better looking and way more > consistent. just as important to the pros as better looking was that they > stayed better looking. the wet prints up on the wall for exhibit had a life > of a few months under gallery lighting before they faded too much to be > sold. Fuji Crystal Archival paper was better only by a little bit under > exhibition lighting. all of them still shoot film, but they switched to > digital prints early on. most of them acknowledge that digital is at least > as good as their film for most of their work, but still prefer film because > they have a huge investment in knowing how to get the most out of it. one of > the guys was featured in Outdoor Photographer a few months back and shoots > 4x5 Provia or Velvia. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: PP: Digital Grain > > > > I've certainly seen my share of them, but remember what I do for a living, > > and where I work. > > So far, I haven't been able to get my istD images to match the quality of > > the best colour printing I have done from film. > >
