Vincent.G
Well-known
My prints look decent to my family and friends. I would love to have a master printer look at my prints some day.
As this is the internet, I won't take this poll too seriously but I voted for the fun of it.
As this is the internet, I won't take this poll too seriously but I voted for the fun of it.
menthel
Not very good...
Never had the chance to wet print but really want to. Otherwise I just send my pictures to the little photo printer I have and they come out vaguely resembling the photo I took. I would love a proper printer with good black and white reproduction but space doesn't allow!
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
I used to print for other togs in a custom commercial/exhibition lab, and can print color (C print and Reversal including Cibachrome), BW as well as Platinum and a few other specialty methods in a wet lab, as well as being pretty well versed in digital printing methods - but I wouldn't call myself a master printer.
paradoxbox
Well-known
i used to sell and service photo printers and color calibration equipment from all the big brands..i guess i'm pretty good at printing. i can't wet print to save my life though. i need more space to do it
MartinP
Veteran
I have been printing black-and-white for somewhat more than thirty years, including several years professionally, formats from 35mm to 10x8". I've also started playing with RA4 in the last year. I ticked "run-of-the-mill" in the poll.
Rotarysmp
Established
I am between 3 and 4. I choose 3.
I used to have darkroom equipment which I would set up in the bathroom. Made it very time consuming with the extra hour of set up and break down. I have a few photos I am very proud of, but a lot of negatives I wasn't good enough to print to my expectations. This set up got sold when the kids came along.
Then spend a couple of years scanning film (Minolta dual scan I) and printing to an Epson 870. Different frustrations to a wet darkroom (controlling color and profile, ink consumption, ink refilling, fading, clog nozzles) , but also a few photos I really liked. In general I printed smaller formats than in the darkroom.
Gave up for years, funny how the first 5 years of digital have the least permanent evidence, but the most shots taken. All the photos in that time are digital files.
Now I have a been given an Epson R800 but can't get it unclogged, and have been sending my files to a lab for printing (it is so cheap and convenient). I still have no real control over color.
A digital film converted to B&W which I had the lab do a "fine art inkjet print" on Baryt is the best B&W photo I have. Rather a defeat for my printing skills.
I used to have darkroom equipment which I would set up in the bathroom. Made it very time consuming with the extra hour of set up and break down. I have a few photos I am very proud of, but a lot of negatives I wasn't good enough to print to my expectations. This set up got sold when the kids came along.
Then spend a couple of years scanning film (Minolta dual scan I) and printing to an Epson 870. Different frustrations to a wet darkroom (controlling color and profile, ink consumption, ink refilling, fading, clog nozzles) , but also a few photos I really liked. In general I printed smaller formats than in the darkroom.
Gave up for years, funny how the first 5 years of digital have the least permanent evidence, but the most shots taken. All the photos in that time are digital files.
Now I have a been given an Epson R800 but can't get it unclogged, and have been sending my files to a lab for printing (it is so cheap and convenient). I still have no real control over color.
A digital film converted to B&W which I had the lab do a "fine art inkjet print" on Baryt is the best B&W photo I have. Rather a defeat for my printing skills.