Can someone direct me too as which printer does Great Black and whitephoto

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I have a kodak DX7630 camera,and looking to upgrade to a proffessional
camera maybe the nikon D70 . I'm using Win xp and would like to print
on.... paper, canvas, and other type ?



someone told me the Epson 4800 is good ?
I'm trying to get a darkroom effect. But just with a printer and good
program..
thanks


janet
 
I have a kodak DX7630 camera,and looking to upgrade to a proffessional
camera maybe the nikon D70 . I'm using Win xp and would like to print
on.... paper, canvas, and other type ?



someone told me the Epson 4800 is good ?
I'm trying to get a darkroom effect. But just with a printer and good
program..
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www.permajet.com. Look at the Monochrome Pro inks.

Incidentally, if you want a professional camera, and a Nikon, a D70
isn't it.

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Hecate said:
Incidentally, if you want a professional camera, and a Nikon, a D70
isn't it.
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....but don't be discouraged by that. National Geographic publishes
photos shot with D70 (disbelievers look at: http://tinyurl.com/9derj ),
and I assume that the photographers still get paid. Look at features,
not labels to decide what is appropriate, as the law of dimishing
returns applies very strongly to digital slr equipment.
 
I have a kodak DX7630 camera,and looking to upgrade to a proffessional
camera maybe the nikon D70 . I'm using Win xp and would like to print
on.... paper, canvas, and other type ?
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B&W isn't supported as well as i'd like in inkjets. While there are
epson solutions... The new HP photosmart is nice... but also check out

http://www.mediastreet.com/cgi-bin/tame/mediastreet/quadblack.tam
Someone already linked you to lyson inks which are another option...
i've not tried either. I have seriously considered picking up an old
canon i960 and using it with various black inks.. but I have to say the
epsons are more supported than canon when it comes to odd ball
solutions like gray scale inks.
 
The 4800 will provide you with a print up to 17" wide. It's a
professional printer using large cartridges 110-220 ml, and it uses 3
levels of black (dark black, middle black and light black) which will
help to produce very neutral B&W prints of darkroom quality, if used
correctly.

Art
 
...but don't be discouraged by that. National Geographic publishes
photos shot with D70 (disbelievers look at: http://tinyurl.com/9derj ),
and I assume that the photographers still get paid. Look at features,
not labels to decide what is appropriate, as the law of dimishing
returns applies very strongly to digital slr equipment.
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<g> I didn't say it wasn't a good camera - I said it wasn't a
professional camera :)

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Hecate said:
<g> I didn't say it wasn't a good camera - I said it wasn't a
professional camera :)
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Mark Leung was paid for photos taken with a polycarbonate camera.
A photographer can be professional but camera can't - it's just a tool.
:-)
 
Mark Leung was paid for photos taken with a polycarbonate camera.
A photographer can be professional but camera can't - it's just a tool.
:-)
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Dead right :) I know of one "professional" photographer, who shall
remain nameless who I wouldn't trust to turn on a camera, much less
use it ;-)

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I know of one "professional" photographer, who shall remain nameless who
I wouldn't trust to turn on a camera, much less use it ;-)
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I know one too. He's got a studio in Fleet High Street!

Jon.
 
I know one too. He's got a studio in Fleet High Street!
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Funny you should say that... ;-)

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Funny you should say that... ;-)
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It might have been funny, if my wife hadn't paid him for a series of
family portraits for my in-laws. How he managed to produce photos with
burned-out highlights in his own studio I'll never know. As for the
quality of the prints...

Jon.
 
It might have been funny, if my wife hadn't paid him for a series of
family portraits for my in-laws. How he managed to produce photos with
burned-out highlights in his own studio I'll never know. As for the
quality of the prints...
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OK. I've got to ask - and you didn't take them because...?

(I'm sure you could teach a chimp to be better than him).

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OK. I've got to ask - and you didn't take them because...?
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1) I do landscapes, not people.
2) I was in them.

However, I did scan a couple of his prints and spent some time with
Photoshop improving them. Removing the colour cast made a considerable
difference, just as a starter. The burned-out highlight on my
father-in-laws pate proved the most challenging...
(I'm sure you could teach a chimp to be better than him).
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I've seen better from photo booths, so I suspect you're right.

Jon.
 
1) I do landscapes, not people.
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Me too - well, I do do animal portraits, but only wild ones ;-)
2) I was in them.
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Ah - self-timer (grinning and running...)
However, I did scan a couple of his prints and spent some time with
Photoshop improving them. Removing the colour cast made a considerable
difference, just as a starter. The burned-out highlight on my
father-in-laws pate proved the most challenging...
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Now I understand why some people want photographers to have provable
qualifications :)
I've seen better from photo booths, so I suspect you're right.
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Sorry it happened to you - it gives the rest of us a bad name.

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Ah - self-timer (grinning and running...)
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Keep going...
Now I understand why some people want photographers to have provable
qualifications :)
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Proven results are the best qualifications, in my opinion. A software
company I worked for, many years ago, employed a guy with a degree in
computer science. During his three month probationary period he produced
200 lines of code, about what I (a self-taught programmer with no formal
qualifications at all) was producing in a day.

I did point out to my wife that it might have been a good idea to ask to
see some of his previous work before committing to a session. It didn't go
down too well.

Jon.
 
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Proven results are the best qualifications, in my opinion. A software
company I worked for, many years ago, employed a guy with a degree in
computer science. During his three month probationary period he produced
200 lines of code, about what I (a self-taught programmer with no formal
qualifications at all) was producing in a day.
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Oh, I agree, but I've seen some of the EU proposals for Photography
and cross EU qualification. I can understand why they want them when
you get idiots like that.
I did point out to my wife that it might have been a good idea to ask to
see some of his previous work before committing to a session. It didn't go
down too well.
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You have a death wish? ;-)

Would have been sensible though - but I can see why she didn't - a
shop front often conveys legitimacy and the best con men (which is
what he is) are good and giving an air of professionalism.

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