Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: A priceless comment
From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:44:57 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com> wrote:

>Richard Knoppow of the pure-silver list knowingly wrote:
>
>>>   I really like old fashioned, conventional, wet, chemical,
>>> metal on plastic image, photography that results in a solid, tangible,
>> physical object.  Digital leaves me with the
>> suspicion that one day the spell will wear off and we will
>> realize that there really isn't anything there.
>
> It gets me in the gut; also the notion that at some point I might be without
> electric power to run the drat machines. Of course, in that event, there
> wouldn't be the means to heat the required wetness materials, enlighten the
> enlargers and a host of other evolutions important to the wet darkroom.

Solar or combusion-fueled water heating, candle- or solar-powered printing are possible.  Impractical but possible.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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