Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Hicks wrote: > > At 07:07 AM 12/12/00 -0500, you wrote: > > >My only problems with either of these books, but especially the film > >development book, is that they are full of unsubstantiated opinions about > >which film is better than that, etc. The sort of stuff you hear from > >photography students that have no foundation in actual facts. > > Yes, I've come across some unsubstantiated opinions and claims in those > books; I wouldn't mind so much if some evidence or proof was offered but > often there isn't any. I haven't seen anything really ridiculous that would > probably cause problems, and I understand that the books are cookbooks > rather than technical publications but it's bothersome. > At any rate, overall they're good, worthwhile books. > > John Hicks > > jbh@magicnet.net I'm sure as hell am not going to rinse each print for two minutes instead of 5 seconds in stop bath! Like Ansel, Anchell has his issues. The printed page ain't necessarily so! :) mark rabiner