I'm keeping Canon in business - spent $130 on more BCI-6 ink. Best prices for inks in Sydney I have found is Businessworld in Parramatta. Paid $21.90 each including GST. Anyone else know better prices
Smelly, be creative! The shot I'd try: Basically camera on the ground, with the long axis pointing at her, lens looking up. have her kneeling down and either looking down or looking up - probably looking down. lots of buildings and blue sky.
gregau wrote:
I'm keeping Canon in business - spent $130 on more BCI-6 ink. Best prices for inks in Sydney I have found is Businessworld in Parramatta. Paid $21.90 each including GST. Anyone else know better prices
Greg
I think the cost of ink will be higher than the cost of the printer itself...
Ed, a lot of the time I wanted to but every shot had to be flash driven or it was heavy rain + strong winds.. not making excuse but the weather wasn't with me that day to do anything outdoors.
Btw, blue sky in HK! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Maybe I've seen it twice in the numerous times I've been back home and that was Sept last year.
yeah i agree with smelly, no blue sky to be seen in hk!
i've got myself the R210 as well (bought it from the net, because i needed to buy a few other things as well, saves on delivery cost, so didn't get it from your freind Zane)
My "camera collector" friend John has just made a EOS to Exakta mount. He has been collecting and happily using Exakta lenses and camera for a while and one day he just thought about having the Exakta lenses on DSLR body.
XO, you guys are weird photographers...and 'camera collectors'
But I have to admit that John is real genius!! When is he going to make a FF sensor for my 20D?? I will buy him some red wine to top up those glasses in the background!!
Before I have an 8MP FF sensor for my 20D, I will keep searching for the perfect camera phone...
Edited by Zane Yau on Jun 23, 2005 at 12:21 PM GMT
rwwlee wrote:
yeah i agree with smelly, no blue sky to be seen in hk!
i've got myself the R210 as well (bought it from the net, because i needed to buy a few other things as well, saves on delivery cost, so didn't get it from your freind Zane)
the cost of ink is $19 per colour with the R210!!
Hey hey, Officeworks has Epson Premium Gloss 4R papers on special...$8.95 for pack of 30 (20 + 10bonus packs)...hehe
hahaha...that sounds like "hey hey, Woolworths has chicken wings on special, $1.95 a kilo, toilet papers buy one get one free...."
Photo Paper Pro - everything you ever wanted in glossy printing. I have compared the prints on this paper vs laser printed Ilfochrome (via CFL labs, Erina). Photo Paper Pro has a wider gammut and much more 3 dimensional quality than ilfochrome!!!! Wonderful Reds and Yellows. Very black blacks. Takes about 48 hours to dry - do not attempt to adjust colour till print completely dry as it comes out of the printer reddish and pearlescent.
Photo Paper Plus Glossy - This is the "budget" version of Paper Plus Glossy. You get 20 sheets vs 10 in Pro. Generally, I'm happy with these prints but still use Paper Pro settings in the printer menu. Takes 2 hours to fully dry. Print quality is good - very good when I print 13x19". I am not happy with little 6x4 prints on this paper - they don't have any zing in them. For budget printing I suggest that minilab prints are better than Photo Paper Plus Glossy.
Semi-Gloss (SG-101) - Canon's textured paper, has a nice traditional matt finish. This paper has a narrower gammut than Paper Pro and tends to compress the Reds, Yellows and Greens. Unsuitable generally for landscapes, but can yield very nice results for portraits. Dries quickly, much like the Paper Plus Glossy. I find the results are somewhat unpredictable from screen to print due to the gammut. Sometimes I am very happy with the result, others disappointed.
Matte Photo Paper (MP-101) - interesting paper, not for really for photographic use but I have found this is very cheap paper and a whole lot of fun for printing calendars and other "arty" subjects giving a watercolour effect. Very inexpensive. I got a pack of 50 A4 sheets.
Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper - a wonderful paper. Compares closely to Photo Paper Pro, although I still prefer PP. Epson does come in rolls - hence you can make cheaper cut paper with a guilotine. I got a roll of 13" x 32.8'. Greens are remarkably lifelike. Tonal balance is similar to Photo Paper Pro although a tad warmer. A great paper, if I had an Epson Printer I would get a roll of this stuff and leave it in the roll feed.
Kodak Ultima - this paper seemed promising, although it doesn't work with Canon printers. The ink pools on the top in dark areas of the print. This is very unfortunate given that some of the lighter coloured prints looked very good indeed. I still have some left (several packs), one of you guys can have the rest for free.
These are most of the papers I've tried. The Canon is very fussy and I suspect that with most papers are ink specific. Let us know how you go with your Epson.
