[Leica] PHILOSOPHY AGAIN

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

You guys are breaking my heart.

I've got a ton of classical high end film and darkroom equipment, which is
aging like fine wine until my work-hours decrease.  I haven't considered
selling yet, because I'm getting to within a couple years of much more free
time.

I only hope chemicals and media are available then. 

And I haven't gone out to buy and learn digital, so that I don't have the
situation of "I can do just as well with the computer".  That's the luddite
in me speaking.

...Vick

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ken
Carney
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:40 PM
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Leica] PHILOSOPHY AGAIN

George,

Same issue here.  I have been trying to decide whether to put my 4x5 and
8x10 field outfits up for sale, or 120 and 35 for that matter.  It's not
like owning horses.  They don't eat anything and don't take up much room,
but...I know I won't use them again.  My digital prints, IMHO, are as good
or better than anything I did in the silver darkroom, and I know this is
heresy, I like them as well as the platinum/palladium prints I mostly made.
Behind glass, that is.  

Here is the really bad part.  I'm going to clean out the darkroom and
convert it to a space for my wife to grow seedlings.  I did enjoy my time in
the darkroom, but then there was no alternative...now there is a better way,
though more costly.

Ken