"Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> writes: > At 10:54 AM -0300 5/30/05, margaret lucas wrote: >>my question remains. why is there so much dick'eadery about digital? > > Different strokes for different folks, kiddo. Have you ever been in a > darkroom? Sure have. I remember the hours it used to take to accomplish what I now do in minutes. And the techniques that I knew in theory (particularly contrast masking) that were so much trouble that I never actually put them into practice until I went digital. I remember needing to find a multiple-hour block of free time to make it worth going into the darkroom. I remember having to wash and dry prints for an *hour* after I'd worked myself to exhaustion making the prints. I remember being *months* behind on processing and printing. > Cibachrome has evolved into Ilfochrome now. Slightly less toxic. That's not a *recent* change is it? I seem to remember "Ilfochrome" from quite a while back. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
