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Subject: [Leica] Re: Darkroom Survey - 68 have responded
From: "firkin" <firkin@balhpl01.ncable.net.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:12:23 +1100
References: <6.0.1.1.0.20040123091856.02e17390@pacific.net.sg>

DKhong writes: 

> Friends 
> 
> Thanks to those who have responded so far. In case there are those who do 
> not regularly check their email, I will wait till the weekend before 
> analyzing the results of the survey. 
> 
> Dan K

Not quite sure of the question: I'm vay behind on my e_mail for lots of good 
reasons ;-) but : 

All b/w work is traditional film/develop/print, using Jobo ATL3 and either 
the Leica Focomat for 35mm or the Devere 504 with a "splitgrade" analyser. 
Leica using Splitgrade multigrade head and Devere using Ilford 500 
multigrade head with Splitgrade controller. Mainly RC paper, occasional 
fibre based print. Larger better prints often Selenium toned. 

Occasional chromogenic b/w film for fun 

75% colour work is film based: Negatives at home, slides when travelling 
(Kodachrome but for how long?) Process almost all done in labs. Printing 
depends on "level". Small prints done at the lab via fuji frontier digital. 
Anything 10 x 8 or larger, done in the in darkroom using Cibachrome or R4 
process, using Focomat and Devere with colour heads and Jobo colour analyser 
processed in JOBO ATL 3. 

25% digital with Digilux 1 mainly of work images and local travels. 
Increaingly used for "snaps", but so far very little printed: will use lab. 
I set up a digital darkroom 8 years ago and it was toooooo early. Equipment 
is too slow. I went back to teh darkroom just as everyone here pronounced it 
"dead" ;-) 

Cheers 

Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) 

http://www.afirkin.com
http://www.familyofman2.com 

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