Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Green century in PDX is in process of recycling tons of labs if anyone needs one Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > Bill, > > No model of the Fuji Frontier ever had plumbing hookups. The machines I > used were the Fuji SFA series, and they, long before the Frontier > machines, also had NO plumbing hookups. Those no-plumbing minicabs became > available nearly 30 years ago. By the time I worked with them, 20 yrs ago, > they were already the standard in the industry. > > Pro labs used machines that had real running water wash, but one hour labs > were using Fuji, Noritsu, Gretag, and Agfa minilabs with no running water. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > On 11/26/15, 5:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Bill Pearce" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > >> >> >> >> Much of what you write here is just not true. >> >> First: The no-plumpbing minilabs came out long before digital, and were >> not an attempt to ?sell more machines before it was too late.? I know, I >> worked in a one-hour lab back then, and we used such machines. Long before >> digital cameras, long before digital minicabs like the Fuji Frontier. >> >> But were your Frontiers the ones hooked up with plumbing with a >> consistent >> flow of fresh washwater? Most were. Minilab machines without plumbing >> connections were very late to the market. >> >> Second: Black and white film developing and darkroom printing have most >> certainly NOT been banished from public schools in the USA. I?m a public >> school teacher in the largest public school district in Indiana. All five >> of our academic high schools have photography classes using black and >> white film where students develop film by hand and make prints in the >> darkroom, by hand. The classes are quite popular, too. We also teach >> digital photo/Photoshop/digital printing as well. >> >> Where I live in Brownbackistan, public schools are generally out of the >> wet >> darkroom business, unless some have been reintroduced recently. >> >> Processing machinery went ?to the bottom of the landfill? because people >> stopped shooting film and started shooting digital. This had nothing to do >> with fear of chemicals. >> >> never meant to say it did, just that it was the final na