Re: [Leica] Would you start a wet darkroom today?

["Wilber Jeffcoat" <wilber@jeffcoatphotography.com>]

There is nothing in the world like a dark room to run the photographic fever
to a pitch. The magic as a print comes to life before your eyes (even if it
is bad). Yes by all means have them learn in the traditional dark room.
Cheers Wilber
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gong" <jgong@cisco.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:33 PM
Subject: [Leica] Would you start a wet darkroom today?


> 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
>
>