Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you start a wet darkroom today?
From: "Tim Spragens" <info@borderless-photos.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:45:16 +0200

On 26 Oct 00, at 10:39, Douglas Herr wrote:

> I'd go digital.  Here's why:
> 
> ) Chemical darkrooms today are where slide rules were in the early 1970's. 
> Would you teach him to use a slide rule, or a calculator?

Excellent analogy - people who learned calculators without learning 
sliderules missed understanding the nature of analog relationships. 
I'd say teaching the wet darkroom would instruct in more than 
making photos, and would be a better place to start.