[alt-photo] Re: Official press release about HP large format negatives

[G Schmitz]

  "For a good look at the times of your life"

Very good observations Tom.

I'm skeptical, HP is just another huge multi-national trying to fish 
money out of my pocket.  At the risk of setting off another battle like 
last night, I would note that I and hundreds of thousands of like me no 
longer work in the field of photography because of so called digital 
photography.  Like I said last night, the folks in marketing are now, me 
thinks, waking up to realities of the market that for so long they 
thought they could control.  Indeed, maybe the PR (propagandists) at HP 
and other digital concerns are worried by the current trends, especially 
among youth, that eschew film, paper and a sink.  Hell maybe it has 
something to do with the economy (smirk) I don't know.

--greg


On 7/14/10 11:30 PM, Tomas Sobota wrote:
> The HP blurb says: “We’re committed to helping professional photographers
> simplify and accelerate the process for producing, showcasing and archiving
> their art.”
>
> Wow, this sounds like Kodak all over again...
>
> I wonder if they are addressing the wrong problem? Presumably most of us
> have the digital neg creation already under control, with the several
> existing methods such as Mark's PDN, Mike Ware's and others? I don't know
> what method does the Spanish photographer Isabel Muñoz use for her platinum
> prints, which are more than 1 meter square and beautiful, but she certainly
> did not have to wait for the HP "solution".
>
> I also wonder if this will be creating false expectations in many people.
> Alt-photo is rather more than just the ability to create a large negative.
> What comes after is more difficult.
>
> Tom Sobota
> Madrid, Spain
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Loris Medici<mail at loris.medici.name>wrote:
>
>> See it here:
>> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-10053-10768
>>
>> It's a new paper preset...
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