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Old 3rd August 2009, 08:50 AM
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OK, so I'm the new girl in town and I'm not trying to get thrown off the forums yet but I find myself in a quandary.

I have neither the room nor the inclination to create a darkroom. Because I use LF film, it would not be something that can be set up and torn done in an evening.

When it comes to taking photographs, yes digital has its place; I use it for things that move too fast or that are too far away, as well as social photography where I have to ensure results for "once in a lifetime" occasions.

But when it comes to "proper" photography, nothing can beat the shear beauty of the quality and detail of a well made LF film image.

So I find myself making negatives and transparencies on film and then scanning and printing via Photoshop to an Epson R2400. If I could afford to output to a Lambda printer, then I would do that all the time, but it is not the kind of thing that one can fit into a small room

I have had a couple of my transparencies printed, for an exhibition, to a Lambda and the results were absolutely gob-smacking! When I realised that I could not have a darkroom of my own, let alone one that could produce 40"x32" prints, I really thought I was going to be stuck with the next best thing of inkjets. But when I saw the beauty of a print made from a digital file onto real photographic paper, I realised that I no longer had to worry about being stuck with inkjets.

Now, Ilford have announced that are able to produce Lambda prints, from digital files, onto their own excellent papers.

I understand that you want to keep these forums digital-free, just as we try to do in the UKLFPG, but my question is, If I make negs and trannies and output to Lambda for exhibitions or sales, does that make me a total Philistine for using Photoshop as an "enlarger"?
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Yep!

Neither I, nor any of the others involved with the administration of FADU are anti-digital, however we do want to focus discussion on the aspects of photography for which the forum was set up to cover.That does not include digital printing.
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So, I take it I cannot enter lambda prints to the exhibition, even though they are taken on film and printed on silver paper?
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So, I take it I cannot enter lambda prints to the exhibition, even though they are taken on film and printed on silver paper?
That's correct.
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