Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/16
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> I can assure you that in photoshop I can enlarge things to whatever degree
> is necessary. And manipulate curves in ways the darkroom guys can only dream
> of.
But you cannot, holding a pipe filled with Erinmore Flake, see how
image slowly appears in developer. You cannot taste diluted Rodinal
from your fingers. You lose whole charm of photography :)
And: you can manipulate, but things must _exist_ on a negative.
Tonal capacity of digital cameras is limited, compared to, say, Tri-X..
And finally - a coup-de-grace: How would you make a slide
with a digital camera? :)
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