On 24 Nov 2005 at 18:19, William Robb wrote: > I still pine for my darkroom, shooting portraits on 6x7 FP-4. > I miss using my Tachihara, the thrum of my JOBO..... > The quiet hum that my coldlight makes when first warming up. > I miss the magic of watching a print come to life in a tray of developer. > > It's not a tactile experience anymore, and that was a lot of the enjoyment I > derived from this photography thing. > > I guess count me into the minority.
Fortunately you still have the option, I have no place I could set up any kind of darkroom that wouldn't upset the running of my house. > Whats a good inkjet printer that will handle making an 11x14 inch print, > that has a decent monochrome inkset. > The thing can be dedicated to monochrome, I can get my colour printed on > real photo paper. Since you seem happy to spend cash on good kit why not consider: http://www.epson.com/cmc_upload/0/000/057/942/StylusPro_4800.pdf http://www.epson.com/cgi- bin/Store/WideFormat/WideFormatDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Overview&o id=-12801&category=Wide+Format+Printers That's what I'd buy right now if I were in the market. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
