Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"C. E. Workman Jr." wrote: > > It's interesting to note that along with the "Resurgence" of B &W > photography, there seems to have been an increased interest in doing one's > own processing. It wasn't too long ago that Leitz V-35 enlargers could be > bought on eBay for around $500 - 800. Now they often bring in excess of > $1200. The same is true of the Valoy II and Focomat 1 enlargers. In fact, > the demand for most darkroom equipment in general seems to have risen > significantly. > > Of course I'm partly responsible. I've just completed my darkroom after a > 20 year absence. > > Chuck Perhaps desktop digital printing is giving people a taste for the real stuff, the wet stuff, the dark stuff! Mark :-) Rabiner