Originally posted by tuco I'm not arguing the quality of the inkjet print but just how I felt. However, I would absolutely, positively, never-ever buy from someone a BW print produced by a digital camera, period. The seller could argue the technical superiority until their blue in the face and it would matter to me. I would feel like I was buying an imitation BW.
Well, if that's how you feel.....certainly no one can argue with that and I wouldn't even try.
Speaking only for myself, I'm more interested in how a photograph and print actually looks, than how the image was originally captured or printed. I've just seen too many outstanding B&W prints made from very high end digital images to think there is anything wrong with digital capture for B&W printing. That of course, is just my point of view.
But we've gotten a bit off topic......Bob's original question wasn't about digital vs film B&W capture, it was about the IQ of traditional darkroom vs inkjet prints, in both cases, made from B&W negatives.
Gary
Last edited by bensonga; 03-27-2010 at 11:21 PM.