Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry not being able to catch up with a lot of postings, bt re: B&W processing inn HS and colleges: our daughters' HS still teaches B&W film processing and so does the 2nd daughter's college. In fact, she is almost finishes with first photo course! On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote: > Green century in PDX is in process of recycling tons of labs if anyone > needs one > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 26, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Chris Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > > > No model of the Fuji Frontier ever had plumbing hookups. The machines I > > used were the Fuji SFA series, and they, long before the Frontier > > machines, also had NO plumbing hookups. Those no-plumbing minicabs became > > available nearly 30 years ago. By the time I worked with them, 20 yrs > ago, > > they were already the standard in the industry. > > > > Pro labs used machines that had real running water wash, but one hour > labs > > were using Fuji, Noritsu, Gretag, and Agfa minilabs with no running > water. > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/26/15, 5:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Bill Pearce" > > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > > billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Much of what you write here is just not true. > >> > >> First: The no-plumpbing minilabs came out long before digital, and were > >> not an attempt to ?sell more machines before it was too late.? I know, I > >> worked in a one-hour lab back then, and we used such machines. Long > before > >> digital cameras, long before digital minicabs like the Fuji Frontier. > >> > >> But were your Frontiers the ones hooked up with plumbing with a > >> consistent > >> flow of fresh washwater? Most were. Minilab machines without plumbing > >> connections were very late to the market. > >> > >> Second: Black and white film developing and darkroom printing have most > >> certainly NOT been banished from public schools in the USA. I?m a public > >> school teacher in the largest public school district in Indiana. All > five > >> of our academic high schools have photography classes using black and > >> white film where students develop film by hand and make prints in the > >> darkroom, by hand. The classes are quite popular, too. We also teach > >> digital photo/Photoshop/digital printing as well. > >> > >> Where I live in Brownbackistan, public schools are generally out of the > >> wet > >> darkroom business, unless some have been reintroduced recently. > >> > >> Processing machinery went ?to the bottom of the landfill? because people > >> stopped shooting film and started shooting digital. This had nothing to > do > >> with fear of chemicals. > >> > >> never meant to say it did, just that it was the final na > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto