Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] costs of Digital Darkroom, was: Would you start a wet darkroom today?
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 19:27:20 -0400

on 27/10/00 4:16 pm, Isaac Crawford at isaacc7@home.net wrote:

> But compare that to:
> $200 for my D2 enlarger
> $200 for a nice enlarging lens (new)
> $200 for trays, timer, ect...
> I was recently thinking about going digital, I've liked what I've seen. I
> totaled up what a decent 35mm system would cost just to approach what I can
> already do in the darkroom, and I decided that I don't have an extra $2500
> laying around to duplicate what I already have. Right now darkroom stuff can
> be picked up for a song, and value wise it's a no brainer... The other nice
> thing is that $600 will most likely last me the rest of my life...

all of that is perfectly true

darkroom equipment is great value now ... stock up!!

strange as it sounds I might invest in a darkroom sometime soon

just for kicks


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Johnny Deadman

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] costs of Digital Darkroom, was: Would you start a wetdarkroom today?)