Re: [Fwd: Re: Metamerism vs Color Constancy]
Re: [Fwd: Re: Metamerism vs Color Constancy]
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Metamerism vs Color Constancy]
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:53:20 -0700
In a message dated Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:12:08, Danny Pascale wrote:
> The "black and white" case is a world in itself. Because
> of lower cost measuring instruments that enable almost
> everyone to characterize color phenomena, there is a
> tendency to search perfection. We could not measure these
> differences in the past, so we placed less attention on
> them.
Danny is quite correct in pointing out that our sensitivity to phenomena
such as metamerism and color constancy has been amplified by the
availability of relatively affordable measuring instruments. This drives
many people nuts in a hopeless search for unattainable perfection.
I do remember the times of silver-based printing, which used to be my
bread-and-butter. Of course, unlike today's inkjet prints, the color
constancy of silver-based paper was quite solid: an AGFA Brovira print would
look consistently bluish under just about any lighting, and Portriga
greenish brown. (Ilford Multigrade was my favorite, for its great
flexibility and its slightly greenish-brown look when developed with Agfa
Neutol or Kodak Dektol.) And so on.
One has to do his/her homework to find the best combination for one's own
work. Still, I lament that still no inkjet paper feels like an Ilford
Multigrade print, with that same weight and texture. I certainly look
forward to the day when someone will offer a paper that has that same
surface feel. Am I dreaming?
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Marco Ugolini
Mill Valley, CA
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