I've been using mine for several months now and am very happy with it.
I've had the same experience as Tom where no one believes they are from
an inkjet and not photographic prints. I have to admit some of my wall
of photos are from my Canon S110. I wish Oly would lead the way again on
super small with high quality like they did with the XA, but for now
they aren't producing anything competitive with the S110. It produces
gorgeous 8x10s even with cropping and is small enough it really goes
everywhere with me I love my OMs, but they don't go on routine trips to
the store, bank, etc. For me pocketable size it the key. I even rejected
the S300 as being just that little bit to big: a camera on the shelf
doesn't take any pictures!
I haven't used the Premium Plossy much because of the known problem of
orange shift when exposed to light and pollution; no point paying a
premium for substandard performance. I see they had a problem with one
of the early batches of the reformulated Premium Glossy too. I'm going
to wait a bit 'till things on that front settle down before trying it
some more. In the meantime, I"m getting beautiful results from Epson
Photo Paper, which is $20 for 100 sheets at Costco! The Heavyweight
Matte makes a beautiful image for some pics, but is VERY matte, so not
suitable for everything. A friend swapped up from a 1270 to a 2000P. I
don't think the images are any better, although certainly more archival.
What he did have that I liked was some prints on a new (to me) Premium
Semigloss Paper that came out for the 2000P but says on the box it is
for the 1270/80 as well. It looked really good, but I haven't tried it
yet. The Epson store also lists a Double-Sided Matte Paper.
One of the things I really love about having a film scanner and the 1270
is the chance to revive old photos. The negatives from those crummy old,
washed out to begin with, and now faded family and vacation shots reveal
unexpected beauty when scanned into Photoshop, rebalanced, cropped and
printed on the 1270. Those old slides no one had looked at for decades
come to life again. I gave my 30 year old son a print of him and his mom
against a backdrop of snow and mountain when he was crossing the Sierra
Nevada crest on an unnamed 12,000+ ft. pass at the age of two. He was
pleased and amazed. He didn't remember the trip on his mom's back (while
I carried everything else) or the picture that was shown around the
family, then went in the box for decades.
I would be interested if anyone can recommend windows software for
creating a photo album. Something to organize 4 3x5 images, 2 5x7
images, etc. per page. Here's where the double sided paper comes in.
Moose
Tom Scales wrote:
I've been using mine for over a year and simply love it. The results,
particularly on Premium Glossy paper are simply stunning. My office wall is
covered with prints (all OM, of course), and no one that has seen them
believes me when I say they are inkjet.
I took a team picture of my daughter's soccer team with the E-20 and printed
them all 5x7s. Again, everyone was shocked that they were inkjets.
I agree with you on the 1270/1280. I've thought about upgrading but can't
see a reason to.
Tom
Is anyone here using the Epson 1270 printer? I just purchased a
refurbished one for $250. Comparing it with the 1280, it didn't really
seem like it was worth spending an extra $150 for the newest model.
Just looking for opinions - experience, etc.!
Jim Caldwell
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