Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was at the last PhotoHistory in Rochester NY. Someone there had made a daguerreotype camera using the Canon 0.95 lens, and on a brilliant sunny day took a group photo of some of us hand held. Now that's modern daguerreotyping! Mark On 6/21/05, Norm Aubin <puff11@comcast.net> wrote: > B.D. - > > I protest, Glass is way too modern! I'll have you know I recently > completed > a > 40 hour workshop in Daguerreotype, including how to make 1x1.5 inch plates > to tape to the back of the film rails. Works good too, fast Leica optics > lets you > get those mid-day exposures down to 30 seconds or so . . . > > Try it some time! > > Even if film goes away, use the Becquerel method and you're still in biz! > > Later- > > Norm > > > ******************************** > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: new LHSA camera is being worked on but > something is wrong about > > Makes perfect sense to me - 99% of those in the photo world move ever > forward into the digital age, and the Leica diehards move ever backward > toward the age of glass plates. :-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >