Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I want to go up to large format (add 5x7 or 8x10) to 35mm and MF just so that I can contact print again using the sun (something I haven't done since I was a child, and not have to use an enlarger. Because of that I'm not interested in 4x5, not large enough, but 5x7 seems ideal. On another subject - doesn't B&W allow any digital images? I'm sure Caponigro and or Uelsman (sp?) have been featured. Photovision Art and Techniques has an explicit "no digital" policy. Stuart Phillips - -----Original Message----- From: Rei Shinozuka [mailto:shino@panix.com] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 1:50 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Black and White Magazine restricting the scope of one's interest ought not automatically be misconstrued as bigotry, luddism, or ignorance. i am personally not interested in digital at this time because photography is my avocation, and working with computers outside of my vocation is in no way appealing to me. thus i am naturally far more interested in analog photographic processes and results than in other forms of media. - -rei > From: Darrell Jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com> > > I don't understand how they can ignore Peizography. I > have a platinum print and one of the same shot done > with Peizotone inks and there is NO comparison...the > Peizotone ink print is better. They (B&W) do show > great work, and are beautifully produced, but ignoring > digital B&W is sticking your head in the sand. > > Film and digital don't really matter to me. What > matters is the end product. I don't personally own a > digital camera of any kind, but I'd own one quickly if > it let me work in the formats and lenses I own today > and produce results as good as or better than film and > scanner or film and wet dark room. When and if they > bring out a digital M I'll buy it. When they get a > 12shot or greater digital back for a Hasselblad for a > few thousand dollars that is as small light and > portable as a film back I'll buy it. > > Arguing about digital, ignoring it, or banning it is > pretty foolish IMHO. - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html