Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] digit stuff
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@home.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:40:22 -0700
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJGEMOMPAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com> <v04011701b80de30189e2@[66.81.63.142]>

My sentiments exactly.

Nothing compares with seeing you image come up in the development tray.

Amen!

Greg

Guy Bennett wrote:
> 
> Here's the proverbial "my .02" on the digital thread... While it's been
> interesting and informative, ultimately, I don't care a fig about it. Why?
> 
> I'm not a pro, and am not subject to pro constraints - I don't have to
> worry about which way the market is going, what newspapers and mags will no
> longer accept, what photo editors require, etc. I'm an amateur doing this
> for my own pleasure, and that for me means: manual camera, prime lenses,
> black and white film, liquid chemicals, wet darkroom, actual photographic
> paper, etc. The whole digital everything is totally uninteresting to me,
> since one of my motivations for making pictures in the first place is my
> desire to learn and work with traditional processes. I'm not against
> digital photography, realize it is quote the way of the future endquote,
> but like many of us on this list, I spend a major portion of my day working
> on a computer, and I appreciate turning off the machine and doing things
> that are *not* dependant on digital technology.
> 
> Does this mean I will never go digital?
> Not necessarily. At some point, my photographic interests may go that way.
> 
> What will I do if manufacturers stop producing analogue anything, to the
> point that we're wiping our butts ... I mean our rear elements ... with
> digital toilet paper?
> I'll deal with that when it happens.
> 
> For now, I'll just follow the debate. As long as film, chemicals, paper,
> etc., are still being made (and I personally do not believe that they'll
> ever disappear completely, they'll just become less readily available and
> perhaps more expensive), I'll continue to use them. If and when that ever
> becomes impossible, well, I'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
> 
> Guy
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