It is a great problem giving good reproduction in book form. Keeping
consistency over even a relatively small run isn't easy, and one
questionable pressman can screw up the whole thing. The main reason I
always got Lenswork was the high regard I had for the standard of
reproduction. I seem to recall that it was done sheetfed, not web, and they
said that the process of halftoning combined with that and eternal vigilance
was their secret.
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:13 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: 280 megapixels
Since 1976 only Little, Brown and Company have been authorized to
reproduce Ansel Adams works. That is supposedly based on the quality
standards of their work.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/19/2011 9:37 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> That's interesting. One of my many complaints about what I saw, not
related
> to composition, was that the very expensive "vintage" prints were, well
> let's say it, FLAT. Changing tastes? Perhaps, but the photos in the book
> would have been reproduced by shooting photos of the original photos with
a
> process camera on litho film through a halftone screen, giving an
> unavoidable boost in contrast.
>
>
>
> From: Brian Swale [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:32 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: 280 megapixels
>
>
>
> Bill Pearce wrote
>>
>> Well, I do get out, and I?ve had the misfortune of seeing prints made by
>> the great Ansel, which were quite a disappointment as well. The best
I?ve
>> seen are ones by a friend who has taken an Epson and sacrificed it to B&W
>> printing by using sour colors of black ink. The results are amazingly
>> good, but still have what I have seen as a loss of dmax, a characteristic
>> of either inkjet printing or the taste of people using inkjet printers.
>
> A short few years ago the Ansel Adams print exhibition came to
> Christchurch, and I saw it. I think it was his 100 best prints, or some
> such.
>
> Yes, it was great to see his work in the flesh.
>
> But I also have the book with the same prints, and to tell the truth, I
like
> the
> book prints a whole lot better. Heresy or not.
>
> Brian Swale.
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