Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital has won....?
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:54:34 -0400 (EDT)

Doing Cibachrome electronically has been done since the early 1990s, so I
wouldn't give it too much thought.

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Dante Stella

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Rick Dykstra wrote:

> 'Digital' has been good for me, even though I've only ever looked at it
> warily and from a safe distance.  It seems that people in general are
> forgetting what good photos look like, as, for a few years now they've
> been getting 'digital' prints from school and sports event
> photographers.  I come along with my old fashioned Leicas and good film
> like Reala and I keep hearing, "These are so much better than last
> year's photos".  I can handle that.  I guess what I'm doing still falls
> neatly within the bounds of what film is good for.
>
> Are any industry experts forecasting the sunset of professional
> standard D&P services?  My preferred lab has already dumped Cibachrome
> in favour of scanning and printing at 250 lines per inch.
>
> Regards,  Rick Dykstra. Australia.
>
>
> On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 11:41  PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
> > yes Jim... I fully understand the dilemma, especially for the pro....
> > pushing in favor of ease, efficiency, expediency...truly yes.
> > But it's, foregive me all (a bit) like trading in your favorite
> > fountain
> > pen for a bic...
> > For me, at least, there is no dilemma, not now... I want the look, the
> > personal control,  and I am
> > proud to be a stick in the mud, like a few others around here...Steve
>
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