Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/21

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Subject: [Leica] silver vs pixels
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Tue Feb 21 08:01:29 2006
References: <a2f8f4470602210402j42e01f07k74316c6657bd8ef9@mail.gmail.com> <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNIEPKDNAB.red735i@earthlink.net>

Why not just join the LUG print exchange? We're 16 and there are
representatives for all forms of the printing art. The silver people
do mighty fine work and the digital printers do too.

Daniel

On 2/21/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
> The ultimate digital comment.....
>
> Paraphrased.......  Nothing in photogrpahy was worthwhile until digital 
> came
> along.
>
> Who is for starting a LUG-Silver list?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
> On 2/20/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > B+W wet darkrooms will never be surpassed by digital prints.  there is a
> > place for both of them,  For the artist, making a few prints, and not
> > selling any of them, wet is where it is at.  For the professional, 
> > digital
> > may suffice for his clientele.  Fine.  We can coexist.
>
> And wet prints will never surpass digital. BD has pointed this out so
> many times: they are different beasts. It's like saying apples are
> better than oranges.
>
> I've seen some good stuff done in the wet-darkroom. None of it appears
> to be worth the effort that went in to making them :-)
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce) ([Leica] silver vs pixels)
In reply to: Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] silver vs pixels)
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