Digital baryt-prints: Same experience as with analog baryt-prints?

Marco Peereboom · 07-21-2005

Hello Everybody,

I'm thinking over, how interesting digital photography can be for me. I know, the most beautifull B/W results with analog photography, are with baryt-prints.

But i know it's also possible now, to print an digital photo on baryt-paper. There for i'll have to send the file to an lab, which is specialized in laser-printing on baryt-paper.

But what i want to know, is this: Are there people here, who've digital baryt-prints? And if so, what's your opinion? Do you miss the well-known quality of analog baryt-printing? Or is it your opinion, there is an quality added?

An digital-foto-lab who is printing on baryt is for example this German company The Image Press.

Greetings from Holland.

onnovisser · 07-21-2005

Hey Marco,

welcome! Check out our effort to "start" a Benelux club. Can't help you with the baryt question though

Cheers!

Onno

Kevin · 07-21-2005

Hi Marco,

See if you can get your digital files converted to film and then have a lab enlarge those to baryt paper conventionally. 105 Euro for a laser-generated 50x60cm print is outrageous and equivalent to throwing money out the window.

Astableef,
Kevin

Marco Peereboom · 07-21-2005

Well, i was only having some fantasies about the Epson RD-1.
But i don't have that camera...!

So, the conclusion is: The analog way is cheaper to do.
But just keeping my knowledge of the new (digital) technique's up-to-date, it's still interesting: What's the experienced feeling of those digital baryt prints?

Kin Lau · 07-21-2005

If you search on the the photo.net's b&w forums, you'll find a few threads on "digital negatives". The idea is to do a 8x10 "negative" image of your digital image onto a transparency, and then contact print that.

Marco Peereboom · 07-21-2005

Oké, thanx.

I'm gonna take a look.