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

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Subject: [Leica] silver vs pixels
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Tue Feb 21 14:53:41 2006
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNIEPKDNAB.red735i@earthlink.net> <43FB35C5.9020107@gmx.de>

Not just the transport costs, but also the LUGging cost of all that  
stuff to another location ............

B.

On 21-feb-2006, at 16:46, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Frank,
> For a silver list we'd all have to meet and show each other our  
> darkroom prints and slides - not a bad idea as such, but a bit  
> heavy on travelling costs.
> When you get down to it, everything being shown on the web is  
> digital, whether film+scan  or sensor recorded - we can't get away  
> from it.
> Douglas
>
> Frank Filippone 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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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] silver vs pixels)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] silver vs pixels)