Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/adigital.shtml http://www.quadtonerip.com/html/QTRoverview.html http://photo.net/learn/darkroom/ It's a rocky road. I hate going into the darkroom, but I think those who are members of the print exchange can verify that I kind of know what I'm doing when I do go in. The digital technology I was using got the rug pulled out from under it when Bush signed the papers giving Epson a monopoly on cartridges (I could no longer get my carbon inks). I've been using the darkroom again for the last year or so (absolutely hate it, it is the most anti-social aspect of photography). The same print exchange has demonstrated that there are other technologies I could be using instead. It's a moving target, no matter how you look at it. Printers change, inks change, papers change, silver papers are disappearing all the time, Forte, Agfa, Kodak. All things considered, scrap the chemicals. To have worked in the darkroom is a benefit when it comes to scanning and digital processing ... but it is a benefit that can be easily replaced by other workflows. Learn to scan. http://www.scantips.com/ You're young. Save your cash and get a proper digital camera. Daniel On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > Printing is good. Everybody should make prints. Preferably prints of their > own pictures. Whether they do it with wet or dry, HP or Epson, Dektol or > Factor One, dye sublimation or melted crayons is entirely up to them. Find > a > printing technique that works for you and then print. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >