Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Odd, but I don't have a single game on my computer, and by using a track ball and sitting in a proper chair, I've eliminated the RSI/carpal tunnel problems....I'll grant you that I need a pair of "computer" glasses set for middle distance, but that's not a big deal....and I am sitting in a comfortable, cheerful, lighted room turning out better and better prints as I perfect my skills doing with the computer precisely the same things I would be doing in the wet, smelly dark...well, that's not exactly true...I'm spending a whole lot less time worrying about dust, scratches on negs, etc., and I am spending infinitely less time when I want to go back and make identical second, third, etc. etc. copies of prints I've already made... Hey, to each his own....and I certainly understand how someone like you, who spends his life working with computers, would want another activity that would get you as far away from them as possible..;-) B. D. Jim Brick wrote: > > At 05:37 PM 1/10/01 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: > >Very nice....But, uh, let me understand this....You took the photo, > >developed the film, put enormous amounts of time, effort, and money into > >getting a darkroom up and running....selected the neg, put in it the, > >what's that thing called, the "biggerer?", focused the negative image on > >the easel...selected paper grade and filter...guestimated > >exposure...exposed, dodged, burned, etc....and very well too.....put the > >paper in a tray of wet, smelly chemicals, transfered it to a second > >tray, then to a third - turned on the light...said SHIT!....started the > >whole process over....eventually, got the image you wanted. Washed the > >print. Dried it....>THEN you scanned the print, made a few corrections > >in photo shop, and set it up for us all to see? Right... > > > >Instead of developing the neg, scanning it, correcting in photo shop, > >and....set it up for us to all to see? Am I missing something here?:-) > > > >B. D. > > Yes, the fun part! The enlarging and processing to produce a good print. > The smell of Dektol and hypo. Like racing, the smell of castor oil and nitro. > > Or you could be content with carpal tunnel syndrome, bleary eyes, and > headaches from sitting in front of a computer for hours on end, emulating > the craft of photography. And racing with the Super Mario Brothers to keep > from dozing off. > > :-) > > Jim