Tom, nice work on the "Challenge". What kind of paper did the grand prize winner Mike Nosal use? Congratulations to the winners! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discussion Malling List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 11:26 PM Subject: Winners (PDML 2001 Printer Challenge)
> Here are the winners of the PDML 2001 Printer Challenge. > > For those who have not been following this Challenge, it all started when I > told someone on the list I had never seen an inkjet print that I though > matched a photographic print. He said I had not seen one of his. I replied, > send me one. He didn't, but Aaron said everybody should send me one. And I > said if they do I will post a list of printer ratings based on those prints. > To prime the pump, I said I would confer upon the senders best three prints, > based on my opinion, the title of "PDML 2001 Master Digital Printer". I > mentioned this to the area Pentax Rep and he offered to donate some Pentax > memorabilia as prizes. > > So there are basically two phases to this challenge. > > One, a compilation of printer ratings based upon prints sent to me by list > members. The rating for a given printer is based upon the best print I have > received that was printed on that particular model printer. I will give the > current ratings in another post. This list of rating is an ongoing thing and > I will post them monthly. > > Two, this contest, based upon my purely subjective rating of the prints I > have received. The winner's have been selected from those who had sent me > prints postmarked on or before December 15, 2001, and were made from the > submitter's original photos. Names of the prints have been assigned by me > for my convenience. Prizes will be mailed about the end of the week. > > These three winners may add the sig line "2001 PDML Master Digital Printer" > to their PDML posts. You won it, flaunt it. > > So here are the WINNERS! (Drum roll please, maestro). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Third Prize (Winner of the Pentax PMA Lapel Pin featuring the MZ-S). > Kathy Leickly --Autumn Trees > > Xerox Tektronix Phaser 850. No details > > Because I like it! Kathy sent three identical photos, one done on an HP > Deskjet 722C, two done on the Xerox (one on plain paper, one on glossy photo > paper). My selection for third place is the one done on the glossy photo > paper with the Xerox. The Phaser printers are what Tektronics used to call > solid state laser printers that use a block of toner instead of powder. > Kathy says he blocks are wax like. The resulting print has a kind of oil > painting like look to it. Strangely the print on plain paper is shinier > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Second Prize (winner of the Leather Pentax Keycase). > Paul Stenquist --Maple Leaf > > Epson Photo 1200, printed from a 4800dpi scan using an Agfa Duoscan 2500 T > from a transparency taken with a Pentax LX and a Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 > Macro. > > Paul's print is on Ilford Inkjet Matte Fine Art Paper. The maple leaf seems > to glow. This paper hides printer defects, but give an almost painting like > print. Certainly the print is worthy of hanging on the wall. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Grand Prize (winner of the Pentax Swiss Army Knife). > Mike Nosal --Column > > Epson 1270, printed at 480dpi, from a scan made on an Imacon Flextight > scanner. Taken with his Pentax ZX-7, and a "F" 80-200 lens. > > Mikes print of the details of a column is an example of a print that will > show every defect of the printer. Large areas of monotone show any sign of > banning or unevenness. The column is about 90% white which will clearly show > up any halftoning. It shows very little of any of those problems. What it > does show is that it is worthwhile to use a higher res image than is usually > claimed to be optimum. Mikes superb print shows that today's inkjet printer > can do very high quality work. > > Ciao, > graywolf > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
