Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I think we should welcome all the darkroom haters and be happy their ranks are growing. It just makes the fiberbase B&W prints we make all the rarer and more valuable. Robert A fellow asks us to share our thoughts on how to set up a chemical darkroom. So far, most of the responses have been from digital people who are stating how much they hate darkroom work. That is so much sour grapes and is not responsive to the question asked. First, can you digital folks stand aside or, if you insist, set up your OWN thread of "Why I Hate Analog Work" or the like. Otherwise, keep your bitter, vicious, and nasty thoughts to yourself. It is a BIG universe and one easily capable of including those of us who LIKE analog work, those of us who are incapable of adapting to digital, and those who like digital work. Heck, the universe is big enough to include the 95% of folks who use and like PC's and the 5% who like and use Mac's. As they say, your mileage may vary, but, in the end, it IS a large and inclusive universe. I suspect that most LUG subscribers do not own or wear or have ever seen a Tilley Hat, but we do spend a LOT of time talking about these as if they were the end-all and be-all of existence, not to mention those specialty shoes Tina wears. (Me? I do analog, cannot figure out digital, use a PC, walked around yesterday in Hannah without a hat on at all, and spend ten months of the year barefoot -- retirement is great.) Second, let us not pour urine on an enquiring mind who wants to get into a chemical darkroom. Encouragement is in order, not tales of how much some of you HATED the experience. I would never discourage someone from going digital: if they are happy to accept the constraints, that is their choice and more power to them. Others are happy to accept the constraints of analog and more power to them, as well. Third, I fill my time in the dark room listening to classical music or old radio shows. I happened to be in the dark room when they announced that Stephane Grappelli had died.-- I am not wild about Jazz Violin but I did get a grand two-hour remembrance of his work on my local NPR station while whomping up several dozen prints and a couple of rolls of film to boot. Duffy's Tavern is a great listen as is the radio Dragnet or Tales of the Texas Rangers. Mozart, Hayden, Bach, Handel ... anything but the gagging nastiness of piano sonatas. Those put me to sleep when they do not make me physically nauseous. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information