Re: Attn. Sandy King + All Re the viability of Direct Carbon Paper.

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

Actually John, I'm a little afraid of you, tho not yet afraid of Erie, but 
I think you need the same advice; DON'T put so much info in a single long 
paragraph without line spaces.  VERY hard to read, definitely against a 
steep gradient.  For some of us ancient decrepit bifocal-wearing relics, 
reading on the monitor is already a pain.

And for the love of heaven, SKIP A LINE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS. You're not 
paying for paper.

Just look what it looks like:

J.


On Sun, 27 May 2007, John Grocott wrote:

> Sandy, I have felt this same reticence you display for many years and I 
> might have agreed there was no commercial market for this Direct Carbon 
> product, at present, in TODAY'S WORLD. I feel that this climate will 
> change in the near future. (B & S please note.)  Photography is a young 
> science ( approx. 170 years old)  and there have been great social 
> upheavals in society which have slowed the merging of artistic evolution 
> with photographic techniques. Younger generations learn from what was 
> discovered by pioneers and then there is a demand, once more, for 
> products for the practice of these obscured techniques. Digitalisation 
> cannot provide everything to satisfy searching artistic drive. The 
> computer is common place, today and cannot provide the theraputic needs 
> of people in practicing something as satisfying as developing your own 
> films or making your own prints. Now, electronics and improved 
> communication systems has made this merging even easier. Maybe the sale 
> of Direct Carbon paper would not take off without a lot of promotion and 
> tight maunufacturing controls but , certainly, knowledge of the subject 
> and how to provide one's own materials ( as Echague did ) is a very 
> viable product.  A similar situation exists with Bromoil. It is part of 
> Information Technology ( IT )  which is just a hyped up way of saying, 
> ''Learning how to do something''. The latest zip phrase is, I believe, 
> ''Information + Communication Technology.'' ( ICT ). This is a very 
> commercially viable product, in itself, in today's world.
>       Maybe, as you suggest, I will eventually publish and share what I 
> have learned with the rest of us. I will endavour to try to make you 
> happier.
>       Hope you are settling with pleasure into your recent retirement 
> from your previous employment. I did this eight years ago and still 
> cannot find enough time to devote to photography .
>    Regards. John -Photographist - London- UK
>               .........................................................................................
> Sandy wrote:-
> ''I could be wrong, and nothing would make me happier than to see you
> or Dave or Art make so much money from your labors that you will set
> up your grandchildren for life, but this boy just don't see that
> happening, and my suggestion would be to just share what you have
> learned with the rest of us.
>
> I hate to rain on the parade but I just don't believe there is any
> commercial market for this product in today's world.
>
> Sandy King''