I just found your channel a little over a week ago and am traversing my way through your content. I really enjoy your work and hugely appreciate your honesty, integrity and tell it like it is delivery! It is refreshing to watch someone with those traits and not another creator chasing popular opinion. Please keep the videos coming!
Thanks - that is something I genuinely appreciate. I'd resisted making videos for years, but someone from Canon convinced me to have a go, and it's nice to know they are appreciated. More will follow! ;-)
Hi Keith. This is excellent advice as I am planning to buy a Photo printer. Do keep producing more videos. ( I am seeing these in Sri Lanka while on holiday!!)
Another excellent video, full of sound common sense, which photographers and I include myself often goes out of the window when a new product comes along. Thanks Keith for another great video, keep them coming.
Yes, I long ago realised that you can never really know what will appeal. That said, I've never sold a technically poor print - I've sold ones I wouldn't choose to put on my office wall ;-)
Keith, thanks for making this one. I guess that the more important criteria become aspects of ownership such as dependability, customer support, integration with editing tools, cost of ink, footprint, paper variations and so on. Personally, I am completely satisfied with my Epson 3880 StylusPro, but because we're contemplating a move to smaller quarters I'm looking for a printer that tops out at A3+. Your comments are very helpful in that regard and that's why I subscribe to your TH-cam channel.
Thanks - modern improvements are aimed (from the manufacturers' POV) at making your print right first time more often; meaning less waste, more satisfaction and doing more prints.
Well, you answered another question I had been idly wondering about... basically that most quality printers are about equal and (given a reasonablee picture, edited well) it's paper that is more important when it comes to printing. Thank you... again :)
Hello Keith I just purchased the new Pro-200 and your videos and articles were very helpful. I got through the issue "my prints are too dark" of course as everyone but also on this, you clarified the situation very well. Now I'm wondering when you have to make a print basically you must check what they will be the light under which it will be displayed and for a correct workflow, I have to calibrate my monitor in function of the paper and light since both these have a big impact on the final result: different papers react in a different way to different light levels. But in case you produce prints to be sold you can know the paper but you cannot know the light conditions so you have to make an assumption that greatly impact the final rendering of the print when displayed. So what is the lux level that you assume as "standard" for prints to be sold?
Glad it helped. You are right that this is something you cant know. I simply print so that the print looks OK in my home, or if it's a larger print for commercial use, in my office with all the lights on. I don't work with measured light levels - there simply isn't that much precision needed. If it's a big (hence expensive) print then I will ask the purchaser where it's going and what the lighting is like and make more allowances, but this is not common... As with most things, the effort that goes into this aspect depends on the price I'm getting ;-)
Hi, thanks for your lovely videos.I have one question can you make a video for the Epson large format sublimation photo printers and what is your opinion to buy such a printer instead of ink jet printers.Thanks in advance.
Don't think a large format dye sub will fit in my kitchen ;-) I'm afraid I have no experience of (or particular use for) dye-sub - however, I will be looking at larger printers in the months to come, as travel becomes easier. Not sure how I'll cover this though - My personal preference is always writing over video ;-)
Thanks for your quick reply.The Epson F570 24" Dye-Sublimation Printer is not larger than some other printers which you review like the Canon prograf pro 1000.
Indeed, but it's mainly not a type of printing I have any real use for. Remember that my reviews come from the POV of a photographer printing my images. I've had a PRO-2000 and P7000 in the space where I do the videos. I guess I could see about getting one of the smaller printers and producing a line of mugs or branded clothing ;-)
@@KeithCooper I am taking pictures with my Fuji GFX 100s and I am thinking it is the time to print my photos.The reason why I am interesting in a printer like the Epson F570 is to cut the process of framing the prints.I am living in Israel and the large photo frames are too expensive.With the F570 I can print to aluminum but the problem is the heath press machines for the 24”
Well, I'll have a look if someone sends me a printer and some media, but probably not any time soon I'm afraid. Most of my reviews depend on being lent stuff to test... I've no funds to buy expensive kit for myself, just for experimenting :-( A virtual disappearance of paying work in the last year guarantees that...
It's not well advertise on how much maintenance is involved, particularly if you don't print a lot. Have you ever done a video on whether you even need a printer?
Yes, there's one about this th-cam.com/video/Yk5AqNZBLWw/w-d-xo.html But remember I'm heavily biased that doing your own printing is a sure-fire way to improve the whole lot of your photography. I can see the use of labs, for commercial use though, where the time needed is a cost that many don't have to consider for personal work
I just found your channel a little over a week ago and am traversing my way through your content. I really enjoy your work and hugely appreciate your honesty, integrity and tell it like it is delivery! It is refreshing to watch someone with those traits and not another creator chasing popular opinion. Please keep the videos coming!
Thanks - that is something I genuinely appreciate. I'd resisted making videos for years, but someone from Canon convinced me to have a go, and it's nice to know they are appreciated.
More will follow! ;-)
Oh man... after seeping through all the bullshit on different channels it's such a blast watching your videos! Thank you for your honest work!
Thanks for taking the trouble to comment - glad you find it of interest!
Hi Keith. This is excellent advice as I am planning to buy a Photo printer. Do keep producing more videos. ( I am seeing these in Sri Lanka while on holiday!!)
Thanks - glad they are of use!
Another excellent video, full of sound common sense, which photographers and I include myself often goes out of the window when a new product comes along. Thanks Keith for another great
video, keep them coming.
Thanks Bill - much appreciated
Phenomenal advice. So helpful. Subscribed and will share the video.
Thanks - glad it was of interest. I've had a bit of a break so new videos may not appear until next weekend...
I really like your refreshingly honest view on these aspects of photography. :-D
Thanks - much appreciated!
Thanks Keith! One perspective struck me, 'you can't improve a rubbish photo'. I'd lay odds you've sold stuff YOU thought was rubbish, no?
Yes, I long ago realised that you can never really know what will appeal.
That said, I've never sold a technically poor print - I've sold ones I wouldn't choose to put on my office wall ;-)
Keith, thanks for making this one. I guess that the more important criteria become aspects of ownership such as dependability, customer support, integration with editing tools, cost of ink, footprint, paper variations and so on.
Personally, I am completely satisfied with my Epson 3880 StylusPro, but because we're contemplating a move to smaller quarters I'm looking for a printer that tops out at A3+. Your comments are very helpful in that regard and that's why I subscribe to your TH-cam channel.
Thanks - modern improvements are aimed (from the manufacturers' POV) at making your print right first time more often; meaning less waste, more satisfaction and doing more prints.
Well, you answered another question I had been idly wondering about... basically that most quality printers are about equal and (given a reasonablee picture, edited well) it's paper that is more important when it comes to printing. Thank you... again :)
Thanks - the only time I see a clear difference is with the dye or pigment question, and even that comes down to paper choices.
I wish I ran into this video early as this is exactly what I have discovered ! Great good 👍
Thanks
Well said Keith....rubbish in, rubbish out. :-)
Hello Keith I just purchased the new Pro-200 and your videos and articles were very helpful. I got through the issue "my prints are too dark" of course as everyone but also on this, you clarified the situation very well. Now I'm wondering when you have to make a print basically you must check what they will be the light under which it will be displayed and for a correct workflow, I have to calibrate my monitor in function of the paper and light since both these have a big impact on the final result: different papers react in a different way to different light levels. But in case you produce prints to be sold you can know the paper but you cannot know the light conditions so you have to make an assumption that greatly impact the final rendering of the print when displayed. So what is the lux level that you assume as "standard" for prints to be sold?
Glad it helped.
You are right that this is something you cant know. I simply print so that the print looks OK in my home, or if it's a larger print for commercial use, in my office with all the lights on.
I don't work with measured light levels - there simply isn't that much precision needed.
If it's a big (hence expensive) print then I will ask the purchaser where it's going and what the lighting is like and make more allowances, but this is not common...
As with most things, the effort that goes into this aspect depends on the price I'm getting ;-)
Hi, thanks for your lovely videos.I have one question can you make a video for the Epson large format sublimation photo printers and what is your opinion to buy such a printer instead of ink jet printers.Thanks in advance.
Don't think a large format dye sub will fit in my kitchen ;-)
I'm afraid I have no experience of (or particular use for) dye-sub - however, I will be looking at larger printers in the months to come, as travel becomes easier. Not sure how I'll cover this though - My personal preference is always writing over video ;-)
Thanks for your quick reply.The Epson F570 24" Dye-Sublimation Printer is not larger than some other printers which you review like the Canon prograf pro 1000.
Indeed, but it's mainly not a type of printing I have any real use for. Remember that my reviews come from the POV of a photographer printing my images.
I've had a PRO-2000 and P7000 in the space where I do the videos.
I guess I could see about getting one of the smaller printers and producing a line of mugs or branded clothing ;-)
@@KeithCooper I am taking pictures with my Fuji GFX 100s and I am thinking it is the time to print my photos.The reason why I am interesting in a printer like the Epson F570 is to cut the process of framing the prints.I am living in Israel and the large photo frames are too expensive.With the F570 I can print to aluminum but the problem is the heath press machines for the 24”
Well, I'll have a look if someone sends me a printer and some media, but probably not any time soon I'm afraid.
Most of my reviews depend on being lent stuff to test... I've no funds to buy expensive kit for myself, just for experimenting :-( A virtual disappearance of paying work in the last year guarantees that...
Puzzling over keeping my 3880 and cleaning it up vs getting the latest Canon …
The PRO-1000 was one I reviewed in 2015 - I'd expect an update, maybe later this year.
If I had a working 3880, I'd keep it ;-)
It's not well advertise on how much maintenance is involved, particularly if you don't print a lot.
Have you ever done a video on whether you even need a printer?
Yes, there's one about this
th-cam.com/video/Yk5AqNZBLWw/w-d-xo.html
But remember I'm heavily biased that doing your own printing is a sure-fire way to improve the whole lot of your photography.
I can see the use of labs, for commercial use though, where the time needed is a cost that many don't have to consider for personal work
@@KeithCooper Thank's Keith.
"Garbage In, Garbage Out", is what we used to say in data processing. Without sufficient input data, the results is always rubbish.
Thanks - it takes some determination to see through the marketing sometimes ;-)