the Photoportal

Just said hello and buggered off

But best wishes to everybody (anybody?) for the new year
 

Hope you and Mrs Ron and family have a good Christmas and both Bob and Graeme and your respective clans.

Just got over a bug so missed most of everything... Hope everybody else had a good Christmas 

Hi Martin.... Ive been printing my own for about 12 years now and like you have always used Epson. Ive been using the 3800 for about 6 years or so, although there are a few issues with it now and will probably replace it with the 3880. I started by muddling along on my own but then went to a Terry Steeley workshop about 10 years ago which brought it on quite a bit. I dont know if you do much B&W but if you do then I would recommend looking at Eric Chans site as it is the most comprehensive guide to the 3800 and therefore the 3880. I believe he has developed some 3880 profiles for free download. It really is worth looking around the site when you have some time. I  use just the Epson inks now I am (hopefully) not quite so wasteful and generally the Epson Premiem glossy paper. The velvet fine art is a brilliant paper but pretty expensive. Im probably old fashioned in that I always think of the final product of a taking a photograph as a print. I have to run away again but would be interested on your thoughts on printing.
Regards
Gez

I think the word thing is just us popping by and leaving a word if there is nothing else going on.... Maybe we all just want to post the last word just in case 

Hi Paul
           Yes it was a very active forum but it turned into quite a different type of activity a few years ago. There was a lot of backstabbing and secret campaigns going on with emails flying all over the place. People took exception to so many things it was quite unbelievable. Sides were formed and war was waged on a quite ridiculous scale. I still hear today of some of the insults and insinuations that were going on behind closed doors as it were.
It was a great shame because it was a very good forum before all the pettiness began. People have kept away for various reasons but they could so easily come back again and make it better. That's up to them. Graeme, Bob, Ian and myself pop by every now and again  probably to see if there are any thought provoking comments from other faces that might tempt us into conversation but in the meantime does it actually need putting down, is it hurting or offending anybody, I doubt it.
I'm sure we would all welcome new blood, or even some of the old but it's down to them if they want to join in.
Anyway....... Were mainly british so quite enjoy misery..... Look at the cricket