robertwright
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Went to AIPAD this week in ny and looking at a ton of prints the feeling I got was what separated the digital prints from the conventional prints was the sense of sharpness of the print, and in many cases this was not favourable to the digital prints. They needed to be "softer" ever so slightly, some just had too much detail if you know what I mean. And this was independent of medium, ie; digital C's looked about as bad as digital inkjets when the sharpening was too high. conventional C's and chemical bw's all seemed "right" or downright blurry in some cases.
And these were very good prints in all cases. It was just that you could tell the digital ones, they just popped a little too much. I kept wanting a little more subtlety. that's the thing tho, you can get that kind of sharpness, that kind of detail out of digital, the question is, do you want it for every subject?
And these were very good prints in all cases. It was just that you could tell the digital ones, they just popped a little too much. I kept wanting a little more subtlety. that's the thing tho, you can get that kind of sharpness, that kind of detail out of digital, the question is, do you want it for every subject?