Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find it odd, one of the few LUGers to shoot only film (there are more, of course, but there are a LOT of LUGers so no matter how you look at it, we are few) ... to hear such nonsense as this. "The ulitmate digital comment". Oh brother ... (good film, by the way). Forgive me, have I missed your photographic contributions? Could you point them to me? Or would we have to meet over coffee? Would it be worth my time and effort to make that meeting over coffee? Daniel On 2/21/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > The ultimate digital comment..... > > Paraphrased....... Nothing in photogrpahy was worthwhile until digital > came > along. > > Who is for starting a LUG-Silver list? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > On 2/20/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > B+W wet darkrooms will never be surpassed by digital prints. there is a > > place for both of them, For the artist, making a few prints, and not > > selling any of them, wet is where it is at. For the professional, > > digital > > may suffice for his clientele. Fine. We can coexist. > > And wet prints will never surpass digital. BD has pointed this out so > many times: they are different beasts. It's like saying apples are > better than oranges. > > I've seen some good stuff done in the wet-darkroom. None of it appears > to be worth the effort that went in to making them :-) > > Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >