Re: [Leica] Is the Leica an endangered species?

["Bryan Willman" <bryanwi@seanet.com>]

Uh, not quite Alan.

The medium format worker either works
relatively hard in the darkroom, or uses
a pro lab.

The same pro lab will be happy to work
with your Lecia negatives.

And, I CAN see the difference between
P&S pix and Lecia pix in the 4x6s I
get from the labs I use.

bmw

- -----Original Message-----
From: Alan Hull <hull@vaggeryd.mail.telia.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Is the Leica an endangered species?


>Of course Leica is an endangered species.  And it is not digital or APS
>that makes it so.  It is the universal use of colour print processing
>labs that churn out 4X5 prints of such poor quality that the cheapest
>point and whatnot can produce crap indistinguishable from the 4x5
>prints from an expensive Leica.  
>
>The odd Leica user that tries hard with technical expertise to produce
>a good home made print must also realise that his hard work and
>expensive equipment will be totally outclassed by a photographer in
>medium format, for half the effort with a cheap used Rollieflex.  
>
>Sad but True.
>
>Alan Hull
>
>
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