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Subject: [Leica] Announcement
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:18:16 +0100
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Gerry,

watch the commercial shjops. Some of the scanninhg is atrocious. Make 
sure that whoever you get to do the processing is good. There's not only 
Silverprint, but also Ilford - or whoever they are this week! Of couse, 
as they say, other developers are available. Drop me a mail off-group.

Peter

On 18/06/17 07:49, Gerry Walden wrote:
> Nathan
> 
> Thanks for your comments. My intention is to have all film processing done 
> commercially as I really don?t want to know. I will then scan myself and 
> do my own post-processing. There may be an intermediate step in that the 
> lab I am looking at will scan to disk at various resolutions and it is 
> possible I will have a low resolution disk made to act a bit like a 
> contact sheet to cut negative handling/damage down to a minimum.
> 
> I know Silverprint of old, and since they have moved out of London they 
> are only some 50km from me (if only I could drive) but for the costs 
> involved I am trying the commercial route first.
> 
> Gerry
> 
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>> On 18 Jun 2017, at 05:54, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> I complete understand your decision, Gerry, and I look forward to seeing 
>> the results. Are you going to scan the negatives (that is what I do when 
>> I shoot film) or will you go analogue all the way?
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>> Certainly, being in the UK you have access to the great shop Silverprint, 
>> where you can get everything your heart desires (no pun intended?)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>>> On 18 Jun 2017, at 01:23, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Some I know will think I am totally mad, others think that I have lost 
>>> my marbles, but I have come to a decision.
>>>
>>> As most of you know I have been quite seriously ill following a cardiac 
>>> arrest and the fitting of an ICD. This has made me contemplate what I do 
>>> from here on in, and to look back at my life. I have come to the 
>>> following conclusions:
>>>
>>> 1. I am doing no more ?commercial? work and only shooting for myself 
>>> from now on;
>>>
>>> 2. The work I enjoy most and I think I am best at is my b&w work.
>>>
>>> I have never been able really and honestly to get my head around 
>>> shooting digital b&w, so I have decided to return to shooting film from 
>>> henceforth. I am, of course, retaining my M9 but from now on virtually 
>>> 100% of my work I envisage shooting on the M7.
>>>
>>> That?s it!
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>>
>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>>> www.gwpics.com
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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In reply to: Message from gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Announcement)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Announcement)
Message from gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Announcement)