Why do we bother?

Ko.Fe. said:

Scrolled though op. Another film vs digital post. It is next to farting for fun, IMO.
It is different, once you will be able to recognize it, no threads like this are needed.
If you can't realize it is different... How to put it politely... Do not bother and keep on clicking diginikon.

You do like darkroom smell, seriously?

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I have an exhaust fan in the darkroom so there is no smell.

Michael Firstlight said:

You don't, and that's fine for you, but many others do care. It's the same effect why people will pay a premium for a hand crafted wood bowl versus something you can by at a home store. It's also why, in photo galleries, that 'True Photographic Prints" even from digital command a higher premium than ink-jet eggs

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"True Photographic Prints" are chemically made prints on paper. The demand is higher for them because people want quality and because the others are called stinkjet for a reason.

Ko.Fe. said:

If you can't realize it is different... How to put it politely... Do not bother and keep on clicking diginikon.

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Unfortunately, this is a fairly typical attitude among film users.

faberryman said:

Unfortunately, this is a fairly typical attitude among film users.

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Just paying it forward for many years of harassment on other forums and in real life.

Ko.Fe. said:

Scrolled though op. Another film vs digital post. It is next to farting for fun, IMO.
It is different, once you will be able to recognize it, no threads like this are needed.
If you can't realize it is different... How to put it politely... Do not bother and keep on clicking diginikon.

You do like darkroom smell, seriously?

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clearly didnt scroll through OP closely enough then as OP is asking if colour Hybrid workflow is worth it not film or digital

If you can't realize it is different... How to put it politely...

faberryman said:

Unfortunately, this is a fairly typical attitude among film users.

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what can you do ..
people like what they like, and do what they do ..

I think I'll keep on scanning because I like Velvia and scanning is probably the easiest way to get a print from it. If Velvia ever disappears I can see myself moving to darkroom printing off Portra or Ektar, at the moment I don't do enough colour work to justify the occasional use of the chemicals, plus I have enough of a monochrome backlog to keep me in the darkroom for a while.

FWIW: Saw a "crummy" Canon Pro Pixma print on Mitsubishi Imaging's Pictorico Pro "paper" and I'd have to say you'd be hard pressed to know it wasn't a wet print. It was an amazing shot in Venice and beautiful print. I had to ask to know for sure 'cause I couldn't tell.

Point is that Hybrid can be better than some might think, and be harder to sniff out than simply calling everything a "stinkjet". Maybe you've seen this, maybe you haven't. Ain't cheap paper by any means, and in fact, it's a "film" not a paper. Fact is that I think what people are paying for isn't the means to the end so much as the end product. A photo that looks like a cheap poster isn't going to sell for the same as a photo that looks like a fabulous photo whether it's on Fine Art Matte Baryta, something like Pictorico Pro, or even a wet print.