Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital versus film (LONG!!)
From: nhcharch@netscape.net (Noel Charchuk)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:09:06 -0500

Yup, Martin invented the internet, not Al Gore! : )

Noel
"Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:

>...1950's ??
>
>
>Steve
>----- Original Message -----
>
>> Martin,
>>
>> Pardon me, but I dug through the LUG archives and I found your post  from the 1950s.
>Appears you were right then, too.
>>
>> In 1955 Martin wrote....
>>
>> "6) Parting thoughts.
>>
>> I don't think that color film is a fad.  Nor do I think that b/w film will disappear in
>the near future.  They will co-exist.  For many professionals, color photography offers
>advantages over b/w photography.  But for most *serious* amateurs (including many on this
>list, fine art photographers [pro or amatuer], and suchlike), however, I would argue that
>b/w has many advantages over color.  In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we see a
>resurgance of interest in b/w photography in about five-ten years, much like there will be
>in radio, after television is introduced, with much higher quality than today, but more
>specialized listeners."
>>
>>
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>> www.lightcurves.com
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