In a message dated 8/24/2009 12:44:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, elroustom@xxxxxxxxx writes: >Maybe it's just the difference > between digital and hand-made-in-the darkroom prints, though a better-than-I > photographer who has gone digital swears he can do anything he did before > better now. Not wanting to start a film v. digital debate-- they're both good-- remember that with digital, what you're doing is simply re-creating the silver gelatin look. In terms of authenticity, it's not the same-- this purist aspect of silver is one of its big claims.