Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John - In spite of my satisfaction with the digital darkroom, I believe that anybody interested in photography should learn wet darkroom. There is nothing like watching that print come up in the developer. You won't regret setting up the wet darkroom and teaching your son how to print. Tina At 09:33 AM 10/26/00 -0700, you wrote: >Photography is becoming a mutual interest for my 10 year old son and I. He's >using my Nikon gear while I hoard the Leicas :-). At the moment, we're >still exploring picture taking technique, but I am starting to think of what >I want to do next with improving the final result. > >As a child, I was lucky enough to walk over to a public darkroom at the >Police Athletic League in Chinatown. I had a wonderful coach in a volunteer >professional photographer. Nowadays, darkroom facilities are an endangered >species, especially out in suburbia land. > >We have the space for a wet darkroom now. I've been thinking of acquiring a >V.35 and building a complete setup. On the other hand, we also have at our >disposal no shortage of Macs and PCs with Photoshop or Photodeluxe and a >good photo printer. I'm a total novice at this software programs, and >haven't invested the time to get the results I truly want yet. As a result, >I am more comfortable being a coach in a wet darkroom than a modern digital >one. > >What would you do ? > > >John Gong