Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will probably never go back either, though I have not sold any darkroom equipment. I did get great results in Cibachrome but find digital so much morde convenient. I am usually busy and my spare time is rare and in short bursts. I very rarely managed to use all of my chemicals and paper before they were out of date. With digital I can sort, prepare and print in dribs and drabs as time permits. Once one has set off on a chemical run you are a slave to time! Frank On 6 Feb, 2006, at 22:25, Tina Manley wrote: > At 05:11 PM 2/6/2006, you wrote: >> I do take a lot of digital pictures. I never print them as I >> cannot figure >> out the software. I have given up on this. Chemistry I know and >> I am 56 >> years of age, so I can stick with what I know up to my use-by date. > > Marc - > > I'm your senior by 4 years and I have figured out! You can do it, > too, and it's much, much easier than learning darkroom photography > was many years ago. Just get a good Epson printer, archival inks, > and a RIP (some are free). You can then print on any paper - art, > matte, glossy, luster, watercolor, and new improved ones are coming > out all the time. You can work in the light and not have to > breathe toxic fumes! > >> But digital and this lad will never be a happy match. >> >> Marc > > I think if you spent a day or two at a workshop learning digital > printing, you would never go back. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information