Epson man came this morning and I’m getting a replacement printer. No idea when it will come so harman paper review has been put off till atleast this saturday. pain in the ass but can’t complain - get an extended warrenty from epson
Still nothing from epson and thats been a week since the repair guy has been and no sign of a replacement
Update 18.04.08 - eventually got a replacement almost 5 weeks after the tech guy had been out :@
Appologises for those waiting to see my review of the Harman FB paper range. I’ve been on holiday and my R2400 has choosen not to recognise the LK cart. The engineer is coming out on tuesday so should have it published on Wednesday Night. I’ve also recived a sample pack of Fotospeed’s EG Fine art paper. This includes 2 sheets each of the highly rated platinum baryta paper in gloss, matt, warm tone gloss and lustre finish plus 3 cotton rag papers. Fotospeed also do free ICC profiling if you buy a pack of their paper (not the test pack).
I recently purchased a Carl Zeiss planar *T 50mm f1.4 and will be comparing it to an old Yashica 50mm f1.4 ML lens on my canon 40D using a contax/yashica adaptor.�
update 18.04.08 - review can be found here
Harman were nice enough to send me samples of their paper range for a recent presentation I did on fine art papers at ayr photographic society . At focus on imaging Harman released a warm tone verson of their very popular gloss FB AL paper and although this was too late for my paper review it is in time for my blog. Sadly my epson R2400 has contracted a problem with recognising one of the ink carts so I’m having to put back the review untill it gets sorted.
Guys With Cameras (GWCs) and Wannabes go hand in hand and whilst they are not quite directly related, they’re normally found looking for each other thanks to an influx of amateur photographers which follows on nicely from my previous thread on the impact cheap dSLR cameras are having on the industry.
GWCs are not specifically any age group or social background but they all have the same motive - using the camera to see girls naked. Most of the time GWCs have to pay models because their images are poor or not very exciting to warrant TFCD. You know what I mean, the kind bland glamour shots with a white background and tits sticking out.
With the advent of Pentax, Sony & Olympus entering the beginner market of dSLRs, the price of entry level cameras has dipped below £400 and in some case £300. This has had some consequences of both good and bad.
The good is that it has opened up photography to those who had never bothered before. The bad is that every Tom, Dick and Harry now has a website offering services, selling or giving away pictures which has upset certain industry professionals. Two years ago there where one or two dSLR’s at knockhill trackdays, now there are too many to count.
Calumet have added four fine art papers to their standard paper range. These new editions to the range are called Brilliant museum satin matte & silver gloss and are offered in both white and natural paper.
Brilliant blurb
“Brilliant Museum digital media has been especially formulated to meet the high standards and preferences of the most discriminating fine art printer. Made in Germany to exacting specifications using the most technologically advanced methods, these papers are optimally coated for the latest pigment inks, but will also secure superb results with dye-based inks. They are capable of yielding extremely high resolution and amazing color depth”
So what are these papers like, well its a tale of good, the bad and the ugly. We will start with the good and that is the satin matte paper.
“The world’s first digital Fine Art Inkjet paper made from bamboo fibres combines spiritual photography with environmental friendliness. This natural art paper with its premium inkjet coating guarantees Fine Art prints with a 3-dimensional image depth and is particularly suitable for warm-toned colour and monochrome prints. Its fine soft haptic also lends a tangible fourth dimension to fine art prints.”
…well and money too.
I love photography and getting paid to do it is ace but there is nothing like having someone appreciate your work. I recently did some work for Pipercross air filters in Northampton, for their website and packaging via their web monkey who had contacted me to get specific shots of a Nissan 350Z since he could not find the shots he required through the usual microstock sites.
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