Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Darkroom
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 21:22:06 -0400

Dream on, Mark. ;-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Mark
Rabiner
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:41 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom


Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
> 
> Today, in Terry's camera, a Rollei and Leica dealer, there will soon 
> no longer be a darkroom section. The owner can no longer justify the 
> space being used by items that are no longer moving. He'll carry paper

> and some chemistry as a concession for the older customer, but that's 
> about all. Give it another year or two, and the same will happen with 
> the major stores. Slobodan Dimitrov
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I think it's BS the Darkroom items no longer moving.
I think Terry himself is having loads of fun with the digital himself it
moves fast and the industry as well as his store is aligned to this
exciting new development.

But i don't think the darkroom stuff also lost any marketability. Its
less fun to sell.

The sales guys would rather be at their monitors playing with Photoshop
then selling mid 50's Schneider enlarger lenses. I think the digital
revolution will prove to be a boom for all photography. Digital and
darkroom.

With all these people becoming prolific desktop printers its only
natural a percentage of the wanting to know what real darkroom printing
is like. Others may want to Platinum print on a sunny day like today.

Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.rabinergroup.com
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