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Subject: [Leica] Any one still using their darkrooms
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun Jan 20 19:29:09 2008
References: <20080120164257.8428F048@resin17.mta.everyone.net><9A102E0A-2E20-47EC-A874-2ED88ECEC850@charter.net><a5dc27bddeb1f72bd16c5836bc667e90@teleport.com> <3548094E-F837-4DDD-931C-44B3C61966E1@charter.net>

A Beseler 23C III for 35mm and 2 1/4 and an Omega for 4x5.  Use the Beseler 
all the time.   Fiber base prints are wonderful, and people pay real money 
for them!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "slobodan dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Any one still using their darkrooms


> Only one Beseler, a 45m, then a V35 and a B8. A Durst and a Minolta 
> buried somewhere! While I'm not an Uelsmannite, or an Adamite, a  straight 
> fiber print is an art form unto itself.
> Adobe by the suite, hogging space on my hard drive. I begrudge it  every 
> gig it extorts from me.
> s.d.
>
>
> On Jan 20, 2008, at 6:51 PM, Mark Kronquist wrote:
>
> What else would you use? Adobe Lightroom? Of course/ Four Besslers  and a 
> couple stashed for parts, too.
> On Jan 20, 2008, at 4:50 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote:
>
>> I still use mine.
>> Three enlargers for the three main formats, 35, 120, 4x5. A couple  more 
>> tucked away for a rainy day.
>> Digital is nice and (too) easy.
>> But as the lady said,...don't do nothin' nice and easy.
>> I'll be in mine this coming week to eke out a batch of prints for  the 
>> 'xchange.
>> s.d.
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2008, at 4:42 PM, <afirkin@afirkin.com> wrote:
>>
>> This post and other "things" make me ask:
>>
>> are there any others out there still using their darkrooms: I spent  last 
>> weekend in mine and the results are winging their way to the  LUG print 
>> exchange. I keep wanting to update my enlarger to a Durst  L1200 if I can 
>> find one.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- ericm@pobox.com wrote:
>>
>> From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG:  paw 2008 week 1
>> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:23:49 -0600
>>
>> I can't think of any valid excuse not to join the fun, so I'm going to
>> rejoin the paw effort.  Last time I started, we moved to a new  state, 
>> and it
>> was several months before I had my darkroom gear unpacked and able to
>> continue.  So I stopped.  No more darkroom gear, for better or worse.
>> (Well, I still have it.  Haven't been able to convince myself I  should 
>> give
>> it away yet.  But hasn't been used in a couple years.)
>>
>> Week 1:
>>
>> http://canid.merrillphotography.com/paw08/sledding.html
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Eric
>> http://canid.com/
>>
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