Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/05

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Subject: [Leica] Why the mad rush / toxicity
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:18:04 -0500

> I had an Ilfochrome processor - a huge machine requiring constant
> maintenance but it mixed the chemicals at the right temperature for the
> right times and seemed like a miracle at the time.   I had no idea.  The
> Ilfochrome prints were gorgeous when they were right, but inkjet prints
> are so much better that it's laughable - and with no temperatures or
> chemical mixtures.
> 
> Tina
> www.tinamanley.com


The RA-4 process.
I did most my printing with a Kreonite (made in Krypton) it was dry to dry 7
minutes a dollar a print. But the paper cost another buck. So it cost me 2
bucks for an 8x10 print. 30 bucks a prints I'd charge for a commercial
client they'd already paid me for my time. And 300 for a print for a
collector. Though I don't recall every selling a c print in the gallery
scene which is ok as I'd have felt bad about it.
I was in a group show in which I had a dozen 16x20 c prints of a cold
storage building in Portland Oregon.

Mark William Rabiner





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