Hi folks,
my question for today is how the various forms of "digital printing
on photo paper" compare. I'm finding it harder to justify buying a high end
consumer inkjet (i.e. Epson 1290/Canon 9000) because I really don't do that
much colour work. Last night I went out to buy a second hand enlarger lens
and the guy I was buying it from told me of a local Lab that would do 20" x
32" Pegasus prints for AUD$33.00 (around US$21). By laying out multiple
prints in the one job he could do eight 8x10s on one sheet giving a very low
unit cost for each print. After doing a bit of hunting around I found
another lab that would do them for $35.00 so I've even got a choice of Labs.
I haven't been able to find the costs yet for Fuji Frontier, but the costs
for the Lightjet stuff is much greater. How much difference in quality is
there between the various systems? And how do they compare to a 1290 or even
a 2200?
Oh, and the guy I bought the lens from (a 100/5.6 Componon S) was a
commercial photographer (interiors, products etc) who uses a Hasselblad and
a 67II. He was most interested to hear the rumours of a new 67 model.
Paul Ewins
Melbourne, Australia
