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I know it is a bit philosophical, but did you consider, that digital printing was to hard, because you knew from darkroom what you wanted to achieve? Relaxing and interesting video again. Cheers from Germany, Christian

Is your inkjet print from a film scan or from a digital camera? Also, could you, please, specify a bit more about what exactly you were looking for in a digital print? A different amount of toning for highlights, midtones and shadows?

My two cents is; The two approaches are completely separate art forms 😎

What about the longevity of the prints? I always struggle with slight color / tone shifts over time...

Hi Edward, Lina Bessanova did a lot of testing to show that the latest version of Ilford multigrade RC is so close in tone , print times and toning to FB multi grade that it is perfect to use to dial in your print then go to Fibre based for your final version.

I'm not surprised. More time-consuming or difficult to manage photo processes have always shuffled away to be replaced by the convenient, if inferior quality, photo product. What I find bizarre is the idea of shooting an image on film, accepting all the knowledge and developed skills required to do that well, plus the imaging problems inherent in that medium, then using some Rube Goldberg assembly to re-photo the negative (or positive) to get a digital file image, then accepting all the compromises imposed by that digital printing, to end up with what then has to be the lowest quality print possible. A child, or photo-tech ignorant adult, would easily observe that the more direct, cheaper, faster, and never worse quality, option would be to just shoot the image with a digital camera and skip the pointless analog-digital-analog printing hopscotch. Since I shoot film, I'm happy that idiots grind themselves through such expensive and pointless misery for nothing, but it economically sustains availablity of my photo supplies, so go for it, guys.

Interesting! Soon you can sell presets. 🤠

The answer is neither is better than the other. I print both, have darkroom enlargers up to 8x10. Different looks. The film vs digital comparison simply has no validity, never has. Use the tools that match your vision.

Sounds like your mastery of digital will soon equal your skill with emulsion. I personally enjoy digital, did contact printing 620 back in the day as a kid. I have found a You Tube channel that has educated me. Camera Mystique

I do not make a lot of prints as I have no useful purpose for them. Given that I print with dye ink and have a darkroom with Intrepid enlarger. I enjoy the darkroom because the prints are hand made but the digital prints are a little better and its cheaper for me.

Please make a training video when you get to the point where you are confident you have all the variables figured out with your digital technique. Better yet, make a book spelling it all out. The print quality of a book has to be better than what I see on my tablet.

I believe you !! If you have film use the dark room !!!

very interesting.

Very interesting. I love 17:12

Sorry guys I was a Pentaxian back in the day ...... but looking over the fence I don't see any more DSLRs from Pentax ........ they've tasted a little success from the Pentax 17 film camera which has a bigger market potential ..... I still shoot Nikon DSLRs but I'm a dying breed ....... not to mention the ML lenses .......

Sorry, but this sounds like a pretentious diatribe. Defining art as a piece of printed paper that sells for millions of dollars a couple of decades later? That's a profoundly reductionist, materialist take. Art in photography is NOT objective, not even in Ansel Adam's case. It's what happens between the moment the photo is taken, and the moment it is reflected by an individual viewer's mind - the meaning which is activated and generated during that process. It's as delicate, subjective, precious and unpredictable as love itself. I highly respect people producing photographic art with non-digital means. But ultimately the photographic medium is only a contributing factor, not a defining one, for art. Go ahead, all you digital photo shmucks, and continue making art, because you can.

2025 - Got this on my new Macbook Pro and my Dell monitors so it's not an M1 only problem. This happens on HDMI and DisplayPort. Happens maybe once a week or so and on my USB-C as I have 2 mons and sill mac can't use the hub to output to more than one monitor but Linux and Windows can use the hub to 3 Mons on ONE DP cable...Mac really doesn't play well at all with 3rd parties.

Arguing about which thing is _better_ than some other thing is always subjective because the term "better" is too broad to be objectively measurable. Taller, heavier, longer, deeper, higher...these things are objective because they can be measured by a dozen people in a dozen venues, and they will all get the same answer. Both film and digital photography can produce great results, and both can produce lousy results. I do both, and I'm equally capable of producing a giant piece of crap either way. Once in a while, I get it right. Digital has one inarguable advantage; it makes us able to more quickly identify and more easily fix our mistakes.

I think same, now I'm happy with my Canon R10 but nowadays I'm dreaming a dedicated monochrome camera instead of conversion, Pentax K3m3 monochrome is the most affordable alternative now in my mind.

Not to worry..Easter eggs will be on sale in a week.....🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bingo! Finally finished my 5th darkroom this fall. Still have two more 4x5 darkrooms in storage...... looking to set up my 8x10 enlarger. Are you in the Northwest? I've been shooting since mid 1960's. Looking for someone to go out and with.... doesnt help I'm partial paraplegic. But that's part of the challenge! I ditched the digital, dont want to waste the analog crap I've kept between my ears. Keep up the good work! Prints are the best presents. It's the shitz that matte and framing has gotten so unreasonable in cost... even when you do it yourself. Thinking of making my own frames.....

Well said. I'm 78. I don't want to sound like a crank...but Christmas was so much different when I was young. Our family has been working on having a minimalist Christmas for a few years.

Hi Edward, watching you a day too late, I can only hope that you had lovely Christmas days. I love the rather philosophical tone of the video and I can not but agree with you. However I think in spite of the commercialization of Christmas, it is still up to us to decide what to make out of it. The picture of the railway station looks really sublime and I can only support your decision to do more handcraft offline. It's surely got to be rewarding. I wish you a happy new year (I know there are still a few days tothat point)!

I've been really enjoying converting my color pictures to black and white lately and have been looking at the K3III monochrome and while I was laying in bed last night I bought one off B&H with the 20-40 Pentax lens.

Merry Christmas Edward! Easter begins on January 2nd here, as the supermarkets roll out the hot cross buns (Valentine's Day isn't really a thing here). I can't wait to see what you do in your darkroom over the next year.

I'm with you in this, as I have got fed up with the build up to Christmas getting earlier and earlier every year. I no longer look forward to Christmas and find it harder to enjoyvthis time of year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Ed.

Far best sales are in the X-mas periode. Lots of people are playing along with it as well. Bying and setting up X-mas light infront of the house already in November.

Monchrome GFX 100R, redesigned from the GFX 50R body but add IBIS.

Some of my neighbours still have Christmas lights in march. From Nov 1st to march or even april !what's the point...Crazy! No more magic in christmas. Get a life!

I'm with you 100%. If I could spend the remaining years of my life going back to the late 70's or early 80's I'd do it.😀

Christmas spirit is over, the magic. Even snow left christmas

There was a real position in British Royal history that existed for centuries. It was called "Groom of the Stool". This person's job was to assist the king in toileting. The position was considered an honor and prestigious! Im not sure if that position exists anymore.

Thanks for this I’ve felt this way for years. Bah Humbug to the commercial world. Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year.

You nailed it with everything being driven by retail. One spending event starts the day after the last one ended. For us it has now become about getting together with family and trying to avoid all that consumerism.

I have seen Christmas decorations going up in ‘Wallyworld’ as early as mid-September, ditto for Costco. I am as much of money grubbin’ Capitalist and Free Marketer as one can get, but this…really annoys the hell out of me. Anywho, MERRY CHRISTMAS, and God Bless

Just a bit older than you, so I remember Christmas in the 1950's. Then in the early 60"s I think the convergence of TV and the NYC Marketing geniuses mark the slow decline of the Christmas of our childhood. I make a great effort to avoid what today is considered Christmas. Happy Remembrance of Christmas Past

Merry Christmas Ed !

Merry Christmas ed. Have super holiday. Sounds like you got 2025 all figured out. Best of luck friend.

"Black Friday" is the same thing -it used to be one day, now it's weeks and weeks!

I'm evidently near your age and I so relate to what you're saying. Unfortunately, my wife gets into Christmas right after Halloween (which she is really into). So, by the time Christmas gets here I'm already burnt out on Christmas. So, I don't ever get into the Christmas spirit.

Wow I still have my Beseler 23II !! Don’t use it anymore !! But chemical paper is the best !! Congrats men !!

Merry Christmas, glad your darkroom brings you happiness

Merry Christmas. Glad to hear you have your darkroom.

I don’t think it’s directly about Christmas. It’s more of an assault on Thanksgiving. Merry Christmas, man.

This is so true. I can buy chocolate Santas from mid-October the 21th. But no one goes to church anymore. Great work. Merry Christmas from Norway.

Nice video 👍🙂

To all film romantics: try JPEG only, it will blow your mind. There are even "film recipes" like FUJI X WEEKLY for Fujifilm to achieve certain look. Not fully film look but feeling-wise It certainly was a good experience for me. Expect some crappy shots along the way that would be fixable if it was RAW, but it is the same as with film.

“Every time you touch it you have to realign it” that aptly sums up the camera in general. The most frustrating camera I own. You get what you pay for.

One of the VERY few things I liked about film was that I could buy Kodak Infr Red B&W film and use itfor any subject. I once did a full series of infant pix with it