Re: Wet vs. Dry

Colin, as I read your reply it suddenly hit me. I do like being able to
manipulate my scans of my paper pinhole negatives and printing them
digitally. But nothing can match the magic of seeing your image appear in the
developer and wanting to see it in the natural light. I know I will never
give up the wet process. They are both tools we use to share our vision of
our world. Good to see a spark on the list again. I sure have missed the
sharing of ideas!

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Take Care, 
Chuck
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blessings more, and nothing but 
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> In my opinion (for what it's worth), this is a
> non-issue. What matters is what you create, not how
> you create it. If your creation is what you want it to
> be on digital media, then you can do no better than
> that. (Viewers, too, will decide whether your creation
> is interesting or not, of course—and they may not
> agree with you.) Four years ago I went to one of the
> best West Coast digital output companies and had some
> negatives scanned on state-of-the-art drum scanners
> and had them printed on a top-quality printer on rag
> paper using pigment-based inks as a test. After seeing
> the output, I decided to build a wet darkroom in my
> house; digital does not match wet printing for the
> work I do. I wish it did. It would be a hell of a lot
> easier. Ultimately, you simply have to decide whether
> digital prints allow you to create what you want to
> create. If the answer is "yes," go digital. If it is
> "no," then don't. I suspect digital will be good
> enough in a few more years, but I expect to keep
> printing in the darkroom too.
> 
> Colin
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