Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel a bit like this: soon I will be exotic ---- "you print your own film --- what's film?" ;-) On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 19:00 Australia/Melbourne, Rick Dykstra wrote: > 'Digital' has been good for me, even though I've only ever looked at > it warily and from a safe distance. It seems that people in general > are forgetting what good photos look like, as, for a few years now > they've been getting 'digital' prints from school and sports event > photographers. I come along with my old fashioned Leicas and good > film like Reala and I keep hearing, "These are so much better than > last year's photos". I can handle that. I guess what I'm doing still > falls neatly within the bounds of what film is good for. > > Are any industry experts forecasting the sunset of professional > standard D&P services? My preferred lab has already dumped Cibachrome > in favour of scanning and printing at 250 lines per inch. > > Regards, Rick Dykstra. Australia. > > > On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 11:41 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> yes Jim... I fully understand the dilemma, especially for the pro.... >> pushing in favor of ease, efficiency, expediency...truly yes. >> But it's, foregive me all (a bit) like trading in your favorite >> fountain >> pen for a bic... >> For me, at least, there is no dilemma, not now... I want the look, the >> personal control, and I am >> proud to be a stick in the mud, like a few others around here...Steve > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html