Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Another who has memories. good to know that the trays are getting a second life at least. Thanks for looking, Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 > On 22 Jul 2015, at 19:37, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > > Wow! In my twenties, I commonly ordered type set in hot metal, there was > only one printer in town still doing that. The quality was superior to the > cold type of the day, which was a photographic printing process, with > strips of film in a machine with the characters on it. Like anything else, > cold type was cheaper and most people didn't notice a difference, so cheap > and mediocre won. Modern computer set type is quite good, but I'll be hot > metal is still better. > > -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Walden > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:46 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Type Trays > > Pleased my image brought back some memories Sonny. > > Gerry > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 22 Jul 2015, at 13:37, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> My first Journalism job was at a letterpress weekly. The press room set >> headlines and ads from trays like that. >> >> We had Linotype machines for the hard work of setting body type. >> >> http://www.linotipia.it/english.htm >> >> When I went to a newspaper that printed offset, it was like going digital; >> Everything was typed on IBM typewriters. >> >> I moved away from newspapers by the time they went to electronic newsroom. >> >> I still get daily delivery of a paper newspaper, but when I'm out of town, >> I read it on my iPad. >> >> Hotels no longer put a paper outside your room every morning. >> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> >> wrote: >> >>> A newly scanned image from a T-Max 400CN film taken in the year 2000 >>> whilst walking the streets in Paris: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/1060-27a.jpg.html >>> >>> To me this in a way speaks of the redundancy of film for digital. >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> >>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>> www.gwpics.com >>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> 1714 >> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information