[Leica] Repairs by DAG

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Mark,

I agree.  One of my best friends here uses 8x10 cameras (he took one to
Paris last summer for street photography), and prints only
platinum/palladium.  His equipment and production costs make digital look
pretty reasonable.  For the last 10 years or so that I had my darkroom open,
I printed only pt/pd also.  And, my wife has a relative who is a prof at
Harvard who is doing well with exhibits of his daguerreotypes.  Until I
finally went over to the dark side, I went to the B&S "platypus" parties in
Santa Fe in the summer.  Photographers from all over the world came to show
prints in various "alternative" processes.  And no doubt still do.  

So, yes, the alternative prints will probably, at some time, include silver
darkroom prints from film negatives.  And someone will be making the film
and paper.  Maybe the awful RC paper will finally be gone by then.  Did you
see the sci-fi film "The Minority Report"?  It wasn't very good, but there
was a scene (in the future) where Tom Cruise's ex was a photographer, with a
chemical darkroom and enlarger.

Myself, I don't miss any of it and want the next big thing, preferably with
instant gratification.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:22 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Repairs by DAG
> 
> A thought on the future of film use for film cameras.
> 
> 
> Bostick and Sullivan came out a few years ago, maybe ten, with platinum
> printing paper; an item off the shelves for a good hundred years. People
> did
> ok coating it themselves but its nice to have a convenience.
> With billions and billions of film cameras out there there is always going
> to be some hair brained Bostick and Sullivan from Bosnia rogue company
> cranking the stuff out for people who want to do their image making in a
> more nostalgic, to them superior way. And can afford the water bills.
> Is there life without unsharp mask? Yes.
> 
> The best photographic tool to make a photograph remains a simple view
> camera. Most would vote 8x10 Deardorf. Made mostly of wood.
> http://deardorffcameras.0catch.com/Merles_History.htm
> 
> " The Deardorf raised flax and wool from which they made all of the cloth
> for their clothes. '
> Deardorf started out making the looms to make the cloth out of the flax
> and
> wool they made on their farm. They made their own tools read the article.
> http://deardorffcameras.0catch.com/Merles_History.htm
> 
> 
> Obviously for reportage a Leica beats a Deardorf.
> But if you wanted the best possible image of your house or the tree in
> your
> back yard or the sky or the ocean and blow it up big on your wall the tool
> of choice remains view camera. Most often voted best is Deardorf. But
> there
> are mouth watering options.
> 
> Things come and go in photography but some things stay the same.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> 
> 
> 
> > From: "H. Ball Arche" <h_arche at yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:28:14 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Repairs by DAG
> >
> >
> > I think you missed it - Phil is wondering if his DSLR (or any one made
> made
> > today) will be working after 60 years, not the film camera.
> 
> 
> 
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