There is still time to get your submission in before the 15th of December.
REPOST: Ok, I have given Aaron's expansion of my challenge some thought. I just wanted to see a truly photographic quality digital print from a consumer inkjet. I have never seen one though I have seen many that I was told were "you can not tell from a photo". Aaron has given me an expanded idea, and a small service I can give back to the list. So here's the deal. Send my your best digital print from a consumer printer along with the brand and model of your printer and of course your name and e-mail address. I will publish a monthly list of those printers rated based on the best print I have received to date. The ratings will be: PRINTER QUALITY RATINGS: A. Awful (Why did they bother to send this.) B. Better. (Comparable to a newspaper color photo.) C. Cool (A very nice print, but not photographic in appearance. Comparable to a magazine photo.) D. Delightful (Nearly photographic quality. Comparable to a glossy magazine photo.) E. Excellent (Equal to a good mini-lab print. No halftone dots visible to the naked eye.) F. Fantastic (Equal to a custom print by an expert printer. No halftone dots visible with a 4x loupe.) I will compile a list of the printers that have been submitted along with the highest rating a print from that printer has achieved. I won't publish anything about lower rated prints, as I think we are interested in the potential capability of the particular printer rather than the skill of the operator. However, upon request I will provide the submitter the rating of his print via personal e-mail. My reference print that I will compare your digital prints to is the mini-lab print of our own Tom Van Veen that he put up on his website. It is a competent mini-lab print with a full range of tonalities from black to white so should make a good reference and insure that I am comparing all prints to the same standard. I will also publish here on the list the names of the submitters of the three best prints I have received each year conferring upon them the title of "PDML Master Digital Photographic Printer". A high honor indeed. Deadline for 2001 will be December 15, so send your print ASAP. Send your print via snail mail to: PDML Challenge c/o Tom Rittenhouse 4018 Hiddenbrook Dr Charlotte, NC 28205 USA 1. All rights to the photo remain the photographers. 2. It will not be published with out specific permission of the photographer. 3. It will not be returned unless adequate return postage is included. (Being digital you can easily make another copy.) --graywolf ------------------------------------------------- The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
