hugh_hill Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I have been a social photographer for many years now, quite recently I was asked if I could shoot a wedding. I told them to first look at my work and then decide, thaey have now come back very happy at seeing my work and want still to do the shoot.The wedding consists of around 250 guests, they want me to arrange the shots in a conventional come reportage style which suits me.I have two months to plan and prepair the shoot which will take place in a medeval gothic & romanistc style church which contains a nice green outside, beautiful glass stained windows inside. I am going to be shooting using a Canon 10D and a Nikon D70.My question and only real concern is on the printing side.my work is fine art reportage and printing has always been A-2 and above using Labs although I have used my own Epson 2000P for A-3's and below but would like your honest opinions on which you think is best and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_bradtke Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I have a 200p and like it very much. But for what you are going to do I would say let the lab do the printing. My 2000p has a hard time giving me consistent flesh tones. Also the gamut is a little small if you are using Epson inks. The lab I use gives me very good results and they charge me less per print then what it costs for me to print myself. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.m. Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I can't speak to the printing issue, but Hugh you must promise to post the results. I for one would love to see them :)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 The 2000P is pretty good at color and is archival, but God awful at B&W in the RGB color space. The 2200 pretty much corrected that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjogo Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 The lab prints cheaper & more archival >> than my 2200.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 If you have been printing at a lab and at home I would think you would have already figured this out for yourself. I haven't used a Epson 2000P so I have no idea which is better. You, on the other hand, should know by comparing prints. I don't even have a printer anymore because I found a lab that gives me good prints and has profiles that allows me to know what I'm going to get before I send the files. Only you can compare your lab and your printer (and your skill at using your printer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_hill Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 O.k. Guy's I'm sold on the print lab and will stick to using the 2000P for my 'Giclee', Michael, Reina, Marc, C.J & Steve thank you all for your advice i have taken it and added it to my doubts about the 2000P's performance in this aspect, I am not saying it cannot be done but with the number of prints involved and the issues that both Michael and Marc pointed out it's much better the lab way also it's a damn sight quicker. Reina, I will post some for your viewing once I have them done and dusted. Thank you all for your time and comments, both of which I appreciate greatly. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna_wing1 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I am a bit behind in answering, sorry. I would say to go with Lab. I use WHCC and have loved the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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