Re: C-41 or Inkjet prints for excibition printing?

[Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My workflow is sRGB all the way...from camera to prints from my Epson inkjet or my professional lab.

I figured if they're going to be converted to sRGB at the print stage anyway why not just start and stay there. 

Someone could probably tell me why this isn't the best way to go but it does work for me and my prints look good.

Lea 

On Feb 4, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Randy Little <randyslittle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

sRGB I believe stands for s$%t RGB. (really the s stands for standard)      Its a profile created in the mid 90s to make HP consumer CRT and HP consumer inkjets (from 1995) work.  Its a lowest common denominator profile.  I shoot in ProPhoto and work in ProPhoto and then deliver in Adobe RGB for print and sRGB for web (because monitors still suck unless you you have an Ezio or Dreamcolor or ultrasharp)

Randy S. Little
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On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I would convert to Adobe 1998 RGB for sure. sRGB is crap. If you have the dough, print them on a Lambda.

On Feb 4, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Herschel Mair <herschphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

C41 is a Kodak negative film processing chemistry.... The print chemistry is RA-4 (If I'm up to date)

Unless you have actual color negatives to print there's no sense in going with anything but injet. 

I presume that aRGB is Adobe RGB 1998 which is a low contrast, wide gamut color space - suitable for processing but it's difficult to predict results if you print from there. The printer simply wont have the scope to deal with it and will have to make some changes. the results may surprise you and not always in a good way!

You might be better off leaving it in sRGB and lightening up the shadows in PS.

Herschel

On Wed Feb 04 2015 at 1:09:42 PM Kostas Papakotas <clenchedteethphotography@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

hi all!

i would like your views  and experiences on this.

Our local photography club is preparing a big and important (for our standards) exhibition.

The subject and theme is a bit hush-hush until we get the proper clearance to publish from the authority of the venue.

So we have contacted several pro-printing labs and got price quotes.

Budget is limited and we will be going with basic grade of paper to print on, like the Epson Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250)

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Pro/photo-paper-and-media.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes

and here my questions start.

- what process would you suggest?

I was told the inkjet is preferable when there are alot of dark tones in an image, and our photos are nothing but.

(color space will be aRGb in both cases, and C-41 printing will be done with a Durst laser lab)

- what is the effect of paper weight?

- we have no control on ink, but will such a basic pro-shop printing & paper be good for 6 months of hanging? some prints will be mounted on an exterior space with a roof, but south-west exposure. These will be film protected for weather.

- also, regrettably most members are working in an sRGB colorspace -straight out of their cameras- and possibly 8-bit images.

Considering the massive dark tones, what are we to expect in printing? Compression of the tones?

Thank you beforehand for your help....Kostas

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