PAUL GRAHAM wrote:
>
> Update on trying to get a good Lamda print done:
>
> Went to a repro lab recommended by Fuji, and after carefully explaining what
> I wanted from them - highest quality, finest detail and optimum resolution
> from my 5x7 inch negative, to output a 45" print, I came back the next day
> to be shown a 37Mb file... (from their $25,000 Scitex)
> I asked the operator to show me a histogram of the image and he didn't know
> what that was!
> He then assured me that it would scale (interpolate) up to a 45" print at
> 400 dpi with "barely any loss of quality"
> when I expressed dismay and asked why I had to accept interpolated pixels on
> their $300,000 Lamda machine output, rather than using the ample real
> pixels,, I have on my neg, (or at least every other pixel being real) I was
> told, sheepishly, that big files clog up the machines memory, and the other
> operators get upset at their jobs being queued.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way out of this?
> Obviously I can't buy a Lamda, so what can you do to get quality in this
> situation?
>
> pg
Try getting in touch with Bill Nordstrom at Laserlight... Fine art
prints is all he does. I have loved what he's been able to do for me. I
realize that you might not want to send your stuff out like this, but
you can be assured that Bill will give as good a result as possible...
I've loved what he's done for me...
