From: MICHAEL STEINLE (mikad@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 09/03/01-07:30:24 PM Z
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From: <FDanB@aol.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Kodak Drops Pro Copy Film
>
>
> Guy said in his message...
>
> >It is you and everyone else who abandoned it for digital who have killed
it.
> >I wonder what the recommended replacement will be when they drop Tmax...
a
> >large CCD?
>
> OK Guy, I'll take your bait:
>
> Whom have you blamed for the demise of wet plates and pre-coated platinum
> papers? Correct me if I'm taking your "you killed it" comment the wrong
> way but I can't help but think you're behaving in an historically daft
> manner by making that kind of accusation.
I wasn't aware that wet plate was gone. I've been using that method for
years, as have quite a few other photographers. Perhaps film and digital is
undergoing a demise and we are going back to wet plate. Next stop,
Daguerreotypes.
Mike
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