Steve, A million bucks for a wet lab with all the used equipment out there for ten cents on the dollar!!! Does the Governator know about this - with the state $8 billion in the red!! :-) Where did you read about this? I'd like to have a look. Thanks, Alan Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Fate of Silver Gelatin Paper > From: "SteveS" <sgshiya@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, December 14, 2004 1:09 am > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Just heard tonight that Ilford employees went from 300 to SIX, just six employees, now. > > General consensus is that the smaller companies like Bergger and Forte, maybe the new Agfa will continue the art. > > The rumor is about some new to be released in the US paper that was/is popular in Europe will become available. > > Again, it's a matter of the joy of a hand crafted print or the thrill of an image. > > Cal State University Redlands just put a million dollars into a new wet lab, predicated on their prospectus that to properly learn computer aided photography you have to know the original techniques. > > Incentive: Redlands is looking to update their digital course prospectus. I said, "That'll happen when they stop calling it digital and begin calling it electronic capture photography." > > It seems the course starts out: This is a scanner. This is a computer screen. > > Update suggestion #4,522 > > Steve Shapiro, Carmel, CA
