Had enough of film.

[Andy K]

Yesterday I went to an exhibiton, nothing major just a local show. There were photographs on display from several people.
I got chatting to one and he was telling me how he desaturates images from his Canon 350D (or whatever it was he said) and then tones in Photoshop and prints on his Epson.
Then last night I was making 12x16 photographs which I will be toning shortly. But I keep thinking about this guy's inkjet prints. Next to these inkjet prints darkroom made photographs looked dull and lifeless.

So I have decided to give up film completely and go digital. I will be listing all my film kit on Ebay shortly.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Yes, film is dead Andy.

 

[Socke]

Especialy a day like today is a good day to do all sorts of things 🙂

 

[hiwatt]

Just how slow can I be on a Saturday morning? 😕
It took me Socke's post to remember WHAT time of the year it is...

Jeez! I'm getting old...

Should have remembered as soon as desaturated images from a 350D were mentioned. 😀

 

[markinlondon]

Exploding herrings on the Today programme and now this. It always pays to check the calendar.

Mark

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

It's on the BBC News website too. Swedish canned herrings are banned by airlines because they can explode in flight.

 

[Rich Silfver]

I'm Swedish. If this is 'surstromming' then it would be quite an issue...those things SMELL !!



...but they taste real good....

 

[markinlondon]

So it is,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4867024.stm

Maybe it's for real, but I have my doubts

Mark

 

[sf]

Ha ha, very funny. April fools.

Though, I won't say that with good scanners, good Photoshopping skills, and a nice printer with a nice 8 shades of gray inkset, one can't produce fabulous prints.

and yes, Lutefisk is one of their fishes. Gelatinous, nastiness of the sea. ANd hugely numerous in their oceans. Herring is their most numerous fish, I think.

 

[Socke]

Herrings can explode??? Good job I'm vegetarian.

Wont help, flour makes a nice explosive, too 🙂

 

[canonetc]

re: darkroom prints compared to Epson inkjet-- I don't think you are looking closely enough at the Epson print. Sure, from ten feet away it looks dandy, and lcan fool the average consumer with a short attention span. But put your face up to it and look again. I have yet to see an inkjetted BW print of any size that does not look inkjetted, with weird sub-colors and ever-so-slightly-fuzzy quality. I do not agree that a 16x20 darkroom print from an 125ASA negative automatically has LESS quality than an inkjet.

If your prints look dull and lifeless, perhaps you could re-evaluate your film development temperatures and time, try a paper with better contrast, use contrast filters when you print and do more burning and dodging. If your negative is flat to begin with, your prints will not be much better.

However: if you're just tired of the work a darkroom takes, and want a seemingly faster process, then go digital. But I hope you can afford the best printer Epson has to offer, cause you'll need it to match a good darkroom print.

Chris
canonetc

 

[Socke]

Canonetc, check the calender, Andy K taking up digital printing is as likely as Microsoft stopping Windows and take up distributing a Linux flavour 🙂

 

[rover]

There has to be an appropriate gear related forum to which I can move this thread to. 😉

 

[canonetc]

Canonetc, check the calender, Andy K taking up digital printing is as likely as Microsoft stopping Windows and take up distributing a Linux flavour 🙂

Bloody 'ell. Yep, it's April 1st all right....you wankers. 😀

Chris
canonetc

 

[Dracotype]

I'll not look at a loaf of bread the same way in future. What if I drop one??? Could take out the whole kitchen.

Or the whole world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀

Plus dont' forget all those lovely volatile nitrates in hams and such...

Drew