Dick Dorn Wrote (in part):
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> "...digital is not there yet, and I say yet. You can not get the
> good tonal qualities in printing digital compared
> to the darkroom....The other advantage with digital is that it is much
> easier to do dodging and burning on a print...I have been shooting Provia 100 for many
> years with great results."
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> Dick Dorn


I bought some prints from a well known photographer, but I won't do that again. He has a good darkroom, but digital is easier, I guess. I'm glad I didn't have to pay to upgrade his setup with software-based equipment; it's proabbaly already obsolete! Anyway, as Dick says, the tonal range just wasn't there. In fact, it was really horrible! And there were horizontal lines from the printer. But I disagree somewhat with burning and dodging. If you work with test strips and gain experience, you'll quickly learn what needs what, and comparable digital inks/paper is still more expensive than Oriental Seagull, etc. papers and chemistry.

Might I add one thing about the Provia suggestions: Specify Provia 100F for daylight, not just 100, if that is still offered. Also, if you want to digitize and don't care if you're using transparency or negative film, go with Kodak Ektar negative color film. It can be "made to a disk" when developing your film at places like Walgreens. You'll get your negatives, 4x6 prints and a photodisk for about $11. It looks good in a digital media, so that covers the digital problem.