Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll second all of the following, but (with a smile) will add that if us old chemical-laden wet darkroom junkies don't get new people to continue buying the equipment / supplies, we'll find ourselves building jobos out of parts from edmund scientific, grinding oak galls for pyro and coating our own paper. but seriously, habit is strong force - I worked hard to figure out how to make decent prints in a darkroom. I would frankly rather spend the time shooting, developing and printing than climbing up a new learning curve. even though in a few years it may become inevitable... charlie. > For me, the reasons are as follows: > > 1. Ink jet black and white prints are great, but not the look I'm after. > I like prints on glossy fiber paper. Ink jet prints don't look or feel > like fiber prints on glossy paper to me. Not better, not worse, but not > the same. > > 2. I write software all day, I'd rather do darkroom than use Photoshop > all day. > > 3. I know how to make good prints in the darkroom. I don't know how to > do the same in Photoshop yet. I figure the learning curve is similar. > > 4. The computer system that I'd want to do B&W printing would cost > around $3000. This is about what making a darkroom would cost. For me > it's a wash. > > Pete > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html