Re: [Leica] Zone blues

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> 
> From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 16:12
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Zone blues
> 
> > That is your choice. And if you found a lab that let
> > you determine development (time) based on tests,
> > then you wouldn't even have to process film yourself.
> 
> I'm constrained by budget with respect to using a lab, and constrained by space
> with respect to developing it myself.  And before you ask how I bought a Leica
> if I'm on a tight budget, remember that the camera purchase is a one-time
> expense, whereas development costs money for every shot.
> 
>   -- Anthony

I know a guy who takes snapshots (cheap  4x6 minilab) with a $10,000 Hasselblad
and wants to talk to me about the various merits of the lenses. My friend told
me he is a "little disappointed with the results he was getting with his new 150
2.8 FE Sonnar"
I told him if there was anything by some small chance less than exquisite about
that brilliant Zeiss lens he would be the last to know.
I can be a bit hard on my dilettante friends.
You'd be better off with professional processing from a beginner camera.
Mark Rabiner