Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:11 PM 5/16/97 -0700, you wrote: >Marc James Small wrote: >> >> Well, the one conceit Hollywood uses which I find especially gagging is the >> red darkroom light. They have cleaved to this since the days of b&w >> movies, even though the development of panchromatic film in the 1930's >> changed the colour of our safelights from red to dark yellow-green. >> >> Someone ought to tell the boys that the past sixty years have meant a LOT >> of changes! >> >> Marc > >Yes, you would think since they use film they would know this! > >Dennis > >-- >Experience is a tough teacher. It gives the test before the lesson. >-unknown > It's my opinion that the effects (sound or visual) is for the general public which, I'm sure, think darkrooms have red lights and cameras unknown to them make the click-whir motor sounds. Remember, their (Hollywood's) audience is probably mostly photo-technical illiterate. Jim