Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:46 PM 8/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >Sunday night Do you do all your work with or without an assistant? By myself. >I'm assuming you do all the work on the images in the DR and then put >them on the web, rather than use the computer to "manipulate." Right >Some of the techies around here think that chemistry will be overtaken by >computer within the next 10 years. >How did you get started? I started taking pictures of my four children. When that got too expensive to be a hobby, I went to Rohn Engh's seminar on "How To Sell and Resell Your Photographs." I started my own stock business. Through my part-time job as a mission consultant, I travel and photograph in developing countries. >Someone named Kirk responded to my enlarger inquiry with an offer to buy >his 1970's Focomat 1c. I've seen the v35, but haven't any idea what the >1c looks like. Any opinion on that? I'm not familiar with the 1c, but the v35 can't be beat. >I like to print full-frame and wonder if neg carriers and lens boards, etc. are available for an item of that >vintage. I have ordered negative carriers for the v35 from B&H. I'm sure if they don't have full-frame ones you could find a used one and file it out. >So much to learn! I'm reading Ansel Adams and a wonderful book >on B&W printing by Larry Bartlett (posthumus) and Jon Tarrant. You're starting the right way! Stick with Leica and the LUG and you can't go wrong. Have fun! >Cheers, > >M Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>