[Leica] Keeping my darkroom

[dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren)]

Call me old-fashioned, call me stubborn, call me out of date, but don't 
call me out of my darkroom. I use digital, but prefer the darkroom.  
Why? I like the solitude, I like the work. Digital is fine. I use it, 
but I don't like the eyestrain. I like working with my hands in the 
darkroom. I'm sure many of you will say you enjoy the computer, working 
with the mouse.  You enjoy being away from the chemicals. That's fine. 
I enjoy emailing digital photos to friends in Europe and the U.S., but 
I still love the darkroom. I enjoy the instant gratification of my 
digital camera, but I love the process of developing my film and 
printing my photos. I like the process. And while I enjoy getting my 
digital photos quickly, I keep asking myself whether my digital photo 
equipment will go the way of my 1983 IBM computer, whose discs are no 
longer compatible with today's computers. Meanwhile, I enjoy the 
darkroom too much to give it up.

Doug Nygren