Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] NO MORE DARKROOM?
From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 10:02:44 -0500

Tina, Pls send me one to. I am interested in getting out of the darkroom too. What
do i need to get started right and not have to upgrade later. I do not have a
computer at home. Are there publications that I can read that will get me up to
speed? . Send me one your your photos too, please.......

Tina Manley wrote:

> At 12:39 PM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >New to "LUG" but old to Leica with my  first M2 in 1960's
> >I have been reading the various postings on scanning negatives with a Nikon
> >LS2000 and printing via Epson printers.
> >The impression I have, especially from Tina Manley, is that the end result is
> >very close to a darkroom-produced print. Is this so? After over 35 years of
> >shooting my M2 and now M6's are my days of fume inhalation, dodging cramps
> >hypo reeking clothes over?
> >Does this really work? If so, how can I see the results before doing my
> >Bessler, Focomat etc garage sale? Is anyone willing to send me a rejected
> >proof or two which shows the print quality? I currently use digital images for
> >plate making on work to be printed. But for prints you can hold? Make it so
> >Tina. Anyway thanks for your help and some interesting posts.
> >Larry Gadd
>
> Hi, Larry -
>
> Yes, it's so!  Send me your snail-mail address and I'll send you a photo
> (Kyle is selling my digital prints to raise money for the Guatemalan kids,
> but those are on watercolor paper which is beautiful but doesn't show the
> equivalence to a darkroom print.)  My printer is cranking out 10 photos as
> I type this.
>
> Leically,
>
> Tina
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com