[Leica] Digital vs Cibachrome

[dnygr at cshore.com (dnygr)]

Frank, I agree, both can co-exist. If one needs to make many prints of the 
same photo, digital has its advantages. The process of a digital 
internegative also is an option.

Cibas are great. They just glow.

A friend, however, thinks differently. His opinion is worth hearing because 
he was a topnotch ciba printer. He claims, however, that his digital work 
exceeds the quality of his Ciba prints. 

His name is Bill Burt and his specialty is bird and marsh photography. He 
has printed books on these topics and he was a friend of Roger Tori 
Peterson. 

Bill works from transparencies and has a top end Imacon scanner, as does my 
friend who makes digital internegatives. 

It seems to me that if one is going digital, it is a good idea to keep film 
somewhere in the equation.

I think it is also true that to make a good print, you've got to work at it 
and you've got to have good taste. Getting good taste is not easy. Some 
people may be born with it; most are not. 



Best--Doug  

 
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