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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax Optio Digital Camera - YUH take into account the sorry
shadow detail
> In a message dated 11/12/01 7:09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> > Another, real, bonus (even [especially?]for snapshots) is that, once you
> > have the setup on a shot that you desire, you can churn out copy after
copy
> > with a single press of a button. In a darkroom, if a print takes twenty
> > minutes to make, so does every one after that.
> >
> > mike
> >
> Hmm, I seem to recall that once I have the color balance dialed into the
> enlarging head, I can expose about 12 8x10 (or other size) prints a
minute,
> producing 60 8x10s, dry-to dry prints in about 37 minutes.
How about two weeks later? Or maybe two months? After you get the new
balnce you can knock them out, but it will take a little time to set it up
again...
> Maybe what you say counts if one has a poor or B&W negative and must dodge
> and burn parts of it.
> My own experience with digital is that even the quality in the SONY Mavica
> leaves images with much to be desired once uploaded, nearly every image
> needing some sort of "tweaking" before you can print them.
True, but the Mavica sucks, don't judge digital by the worst it has to
offer
> Even then, what you get out of the printer (any) is ~NEVER~ what you see
on
> the monitor. ~Each~ digital image comes out different and take more time
to
> "finish" than chemical prints.
You have a badly calibrated system. Do you maintain the same temp for
you color processing? Then perhaps you should also calibrate your monitor to
your printer.
That does ~not~ take into account the sorry
> shadow detail in digital prints (and slides), no matter what kind of flash
is
> used.
> **Ever seen a digital print made from a slide with poor or no shadow
detail?
> You'd lose your lunch!
Actually, if the scanner can get the detail, you can have much better
shadow info than in a traditional print. This is because you can control the
contrast of different luminosities separately (and then the luminence of
each color can be changed independantly). In other words, I can increase or
decrease the shadows' contrast information without touching the highlights.
Try that in a darkroom!
> ***With digital paper costing an arm and leg, and having to sometimes
print
> three-four-five "tests" to get one "good" print, who says digital is
> "comparable" in costs to chemical prints? With chemical prints of course,
one
> uses test strips but one 8x10 film sheet will yield seven or eight strips.
There shouldn't be any tests after properly calibrating your system...
Isaac
>
> Mafud
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