RE: [Leica] Resurgence of B&W

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Mark - Oh, stuff that stuff!! You can get dark stuff, good stuff, real
stuff, from scanned B&W negs....;-)

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
Rabiner
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 11:42 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Resurgence of B&W


"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