Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html