[Leica] I have given up

[nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)]

I've not had a darkroom for years. I've been dabbling
in digital imaging for a VERY long time, back to the
days when it simply wasn't a sensible option. I still
don't understand a huge amount of the stuff to do with
colour management, and I certainly can only manage a
tiny percentage of the power of Photoshop, but I know
enough to get the results I want. I really like
digital working - actually LIKE it - and get a great
deal out of it. But then I'm just a little boy at
heart, I like gadgets and I like the magic of getting
a tangible image (well, a print, anyway!) from a
tangle of electrons. I even love using my Canon
digital SLR.
But I'm in the process of setting up a darkroom again.
Why? For the enjoyment, and because I can. That same
beat-up M3 that drove me back to the LUG has rekindled
my enthusiasm for the old way of doing things and the
old magic (I never really lost it, courtesy of my
Rolleis, I guess). Certainly I got more satisfaction
in the past from even a fairly poor print than I get
from a much better print digitally. So I'm going to
have fun with both technologies.

Nick



--- Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:

> Come now Marc, its not all that hopeless. There are
> still many of us 
> struggling on in the darkroom: hell I'm even doing
> some colour work 
> again, and some how it looks very good --- dare I
> say as good ;-) dare 
> I think better ;-)
> 
> Film looks like it will survive in some shape or
> form, and its getting 
> harder to find darkroom bargains -- what does that
> say? I'm more than 
> happy to have a natter about ploots etc, but as I
> prepare for 
> Antarctica, I'm getting into 200 series blads at the
> moment. Medium 
> format sure makes a fine print and I suspect it will
> be a better long 
> term financial bet than the DMR, even if its costing
> me more for the 
> 205Tcc
> 
> Cheers
> 
> On 07/02/2006, at 12:16, Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> > I no longer take pictures.  I am not at present
> equipped with a 
> > darkroom
> > though I suspect that I shall be again within a
> six-month or so.  I 
> > have no
> > ability with digital and my efforts to learn from
> this group about 
> > digital
> > have simply convinced me that I have no idea whjat
> anyone is talking 
> > about.
> >  I have a VERY basic digital P&S and I cannot make
> it work.  My wife 
> > has a
> > very basic digital P&S and can on rare occasion
> make it work.  But 
> > neither
> > of us can obtain any sort of regular success from
> digital, nor can 
> > either
> > of us comprehend such software as Photoshop. 
> (And, no, we are not 
> > computer
> > jerks:  my wife is a director of quality control
> for a major HMO and I 
> > have
> > been dicking about with computers for twenty years
> and more.)
> >
> > What I am saying is that digital has juist
> absolutely sucked out of me 
> > any
> > interest in photography.  I would like to find a
> list where we could 
> > get
> > back to figuring out the Leitz dingus which
> allowed a PLOOT to be 
> > fitted to
> > a QUANGO.  That's my place.  I really do not
> belong on a Leica Users' 
> > Group
> > and will probably soon retire from this province
> as I simply no longer 
> > wish
> > to take pictures.
> >
> > Digital wins.  I lose.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > msmall@aya.yale.edu
> > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
> >
> > NEW FAX NUMBER:  +540-343-8505
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> Alastair
> 
> 
> 
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