tompkins135 Posted May 19, 2008 Share #1 Posted May 19, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I haven't been around for a while, used to be BrianT. Seriously considering adding an M8 as back up for my Digilux 2, or might wait for Photokina. Only thing I was wondering, are inkjet printers capable of putting down the sort of resolution one obtains with the current generation of printers. In the old days the final outcome no matter what taking lens was used was the enlarging lens. Is there still some sort of tie up only I use an Epson R2400 which is perhaps three years old could it keep up with a F/F Canon fitted with R type lenses for instance, or an M8 with the latest lenses? Cheers, Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tompkins135 Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted May 19, 2008 " current generation of printers" Sorry that should have read, current range of top digital cameras. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicomane Posted May 25, 2008 Share #3 Posted May 25, 2008 I do not know what you are up to. To my opinion, it would be rather useless to match the resolution of any modern digital camera by an output device, because colour depth is only simulated by (frequency modulated) screen dots. Unfortunately, I do not find proper links to quote the two relevant research articles on this subject, which I remember to have read some years ago. The first was of Prof. Schlaepfer, UGRA. The second one I can link here at least in German: http://www.fogra.org/products-de/download/SoDruck7.pdf lm Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASpes Posted May 26, 2008 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2008 Hi, ... Seriously considering adding an M8 as back up for my Digilux 2, or might wait for Photokina. Only thing I was wondering, are inkjet printers capable of putting down the sort of resolution one obtains with the current generation of printers. In the old days the final outcome no matter what taking lens was used was the enlarging lens. Is there still some sort of tie up only I use an Epson R2400 which is perhaps three years old could it keep up with a F/F Canon fitted with R type lenses for instance, or an M8 with the latest lenses? Cheers, Brian Speaking of the top printers around, the output quality is more affected by your workflow, in other words what you feed them, than by the actual limits your printer might have. Your enlarger lens is nowadays your software and your actual mastering of it. The latest crop of the Epson top printers, the ones using the UltraChrome K3 pigment inks, are some of the best solutions you can have today for any use, either personal or pro, and, if I'm not wrong, your R2400 is one of them. All of them are able to print the M8 pictures at their very best (and not only the M8 ones of course). Nice thought of an M8 as a backup to a Digilux 2 ... :-) Best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompkins135 Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted May 27, 2008 Nice thought of an M8 as a backup to a Digilux 2 ... It took me a long time to come up with that excuse:) Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompkins135 Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted May 28, 2008 Actually what I am saying is this. Back in the old days the detail/ resolution contained in the final print was controlled basically by three things. The resolution of the taking lens, the film and finally the enlarging lens. Ultimately it didn't matter re the first two stages the enlarging lens was the controlling factor. The best taking lens could only be as good as the enlarging lens. So my question is and I think the answer could be scientifically proven. Do current top end printers match the output from top end digital cameras or are the lagging behind the recent developments in capture? For instance the Epson r 2400 was introduced about 2.5 years ago when for instance the Nikon D2 was considered amongst the best. Since then we have seen the D2x, a higher resolution version and now the D3. The enlarger , sorry, the printer has remained the same. Hence my question.You see back again in the dark ages enlargers for many were considered a bit like Cinderella, I just wondered if the tradition was being carried on. Simple answers on a post card please. Brian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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