Re: Quality of prints from digital files on photo paper

[Clayton Tume <tume@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob

this is a really smart system you've come up with here!

I've just finished printing in my darkroom, 10" x 4 foot prints.....trashed
a couple with dust and other marks on them......sometimes they get damaged
when I process them.......test strips.....there's always waste.....time can
be the biggest one.

Clayton


> I shoot a Nikon Coolpix 950, todays street price is
> about $600. It's ho hum two mega pixel output will
> produce an 8x10 that is IMHO equal in quality to one
> produced from film. By stitching a dozen or so
> together I get an 10 inch x 5 FOOT that is equal in
> quality to an 8x10 from film.
>
> My material cost for taking the image is determined by
> the electricty used to charge the camera batteries and
> run my computer. I can show my client a stitched
> sample and even print a photo quality inkjet print
> while still on location. If they want a 5 footer the
> prints are... razor sharp corner to corner, color
> corrected, contrast enhanced, custom dodged & burned,
> sharpened where I want sharp, blurred where I want
> blur, lighten the subject, darken the background, my
> copyright printed in the corner along with my
> signature in gold, dated, with reorder number and my
> website printed in my choice of font, color, and size.
> All this delivered directly to the customer for under
> $30.