Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug- Right you are! Goodgoshamighty! When I no longer could buy colloidion, I was- as the French say, "ecrassee'! What a bummer- I had to get ether, which prompted a visit from the DEA, nitric acid and cotton to make the nitrocellulose, and chlorofrom, not to mention the silver nitrate and glass plates just to continue! Later, I got some stuff from the Anthony Brothers, a flexible film, but alas, and alack, they went out of business, and then I had to switch to Kodak... but of course, they discontinued Panatomic-X, started using staked cartidges, and changed the formula for Tri-X so many times my head still spins, quit making Royal Pan-XX and just about made me a little ticked off! Fortunately, I can still get Knox Gelatin, and a hoghair brush so I can still make my own photo paper, but this photography business is sure getting harder and harder! I hear Leica may even discontinue their screwmount lenses soon! Dan( I would joust a windmill.... but they're all gone from around here, now!) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt560@cswebmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] There goes that Ilford again > On Mon, 16 October 2000, Mike Johnston wrote: > > > > > > > This is the big problem with Ilford. At least Kodak--well, the old > > Kodak--realized that once photographers had learned a film, all they needed > > was a steady supply. With Ilford, unfortunately, loving one of their films > > means losing it someday, probably sooner rather than later. > > > > It's not the technical potential of a film that matters--it's that you as a > > photographer have mastered that potential. This requires an investment of > > time and hard work to gain experience. When a favored material disappears, > > it is a setback to working photographers. > > > > --Mike > > This is off on a tangent somewhere - sorry, that's how my mind works - but in my browsings I've read of a photographer who was unwilling to plunge in to the digital darkroom because the workflow was dependant on particular products or technologies ... but isn't wet darkroom workflow similarly constrained? There must be dozens of us who have lamented the loss of a favorite film, developer, paper or process. I know if Kodachrome were discontinued or if Leicaflex repairs were no longer available I'd be telling my tale of woe. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt > -------------------------------------------------- > Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal > page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free > web-based e-mail and many other exciting features. >