Hi entering this thread a bit late, but since it's moved on to digital prints I'll join now. [I'm a big drumscan fan too by the way].
On 27/11/02 at , Geoff Dor� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Croxford wrote: > > >I don't think you can compare the look of Epson prints with > >Cibachromes as a guide to how good a scanner is. > Photographer Mark Power <http://www.markpower.co.uk/>, much exhibited and published photographer [<The Shipping Forecast>, <Superstructure (The London Dome)> etc.] became a client of mine earlkier this year. He is a passionate and driven photographer and, as such, has recently been invited to join the glitterati at Magnum at the first level. Mark had done some basic Photoshop 4 work [making up roughs] on his old G3 233, from flatbed scans. Now he was inspired by an ex student who'd gone the same way to buy an Imacon Precision III, a decent Mac and screen and an Epson 7500, so that he could go digital for real. We started out by assessing the needs and supplying the gear for him, then with some rules and methods for scanning, next, basic workflow discussions. We worked through highbit advantages, optimisation with layers and curves etc. including layer masking and onto Unsharp Mask. The whole kaboodle. Mark had, for his earlier books, sent darkroom prints to the publishers and seen some pretty nice repro, but without the level of personal control he wanted. His latest book [on the Treasury Project] has just been published and an exhibition opened at Zelda Cheadle in Mount Street, London on 19th Nov, it hangs til 17 Jan. Don't miss it if you're into large format photography. I feel very closely involved in Mark's whole changeover to a digital workflow from film. All his 53 images for the Treasury book were scanned on his own Imacon [custom profiled of course] and finished in house - up to <proofing> on the profiled 7500 Epson. Once again prints were sent to the publisher, but this time from the Pictrography [pixl profile] at from Spectrum were sent to Italy, and the book looks lovely. The Coupe de Grace, though, is the Lightjet images, at about 50 inches, these were also printed at Spectrum on a Cymbolic Sciences Lightjet which I profiled. The images look absolutely magnificent. Anyone who wants to see how it's possible to move from a wet darkroom to a digital darkroom in under a year would do well to go take a look at Mark's work at Zelda Cheadle. I was pleased to be at the opening and I'd have to say that there were quite a few of Mark's peers there, some of whom were a apparently more than a little gobsmacked by the quality he'd achieved. I have to say I'm very proud of him. I've been waiting a while for a properly profiled lab, as have may on the list but I can now wholeheartedy recommend the profiled environent at Spectrum <http://www.spectrumphoto.co.uk> to those searching for a properly profiled lab. The addition of the profiled Lightjet [50" wide] to their A3 Pictrography means they can print digital at any size now. Next to come is their Epson 10,000CF on art papers. Regards NeilB - - - - Consulting in Imaging & Colour Management - - - - custom scanner and printer profiles, training on Trident & Imacon Scanning - - - - - we supply Gretag and eyeOne, also XRite & OptiCal - - - - - - p:44 (0)1273 774704 m:44 (0)7778 160201 http://www.neilbarstow.co.uk/ http://www.apple.com/uk/creative/neilbarstow/ =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
