Re: Re: Digital negative - was: Re: Thinking of building a UV contact box...

I guess I just really like having something in my hand, that I can
refer to, rather than having to be chained to my computer to read a
book.

Most of my photog reading happens in my car on lunch hour, or on the
john. Not practical places to have a computer...

If it is a nicely done book, I'll spend much more than $75.

I hope that information will be paper published in some format. Heck, I
guess I could just send the .pdf file to kinkos and have them do it.

On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 17:25, Sam Wang wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> You are absolutely right - you can buy a nice book for $20, or $295, if it's just a nice book that you
> wanted. I feel that Mark's book is more like an in-depth workshop - you learn about not just how to
> arrive at your solutions but understand the reasons behind the steps. That's the part that's valuable.
>
> Of course it does take the concentration of several days to work it out (maybe I'm just slow). For some
> people that may be too much. Remember all those students that you must have had who would say
> they used the Zone System but kept getting unprintable negatives, and would have been better off
> using all automatic cameras? Well, Mark's book would indeed be a waste of money for them.
>
> Sam
>
> > From: Jack Fulton <jefulton1@comcast.net>
> > Date: 2004/07/29 Thu PM 04:25:19 EDT
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: Digital negative - was: Re: Thinking of building a UV contact
> > box...
> >
> > Jeff Dilcher wrote:\
> >
> > "I contacted Mark, and was a little put off by the price- $75 for an
> > e-book seems a little steep."
> >
> > Boy, that is steep, even if self-published. Look at what one gets for
> > $24 and subscribing to
> > "The World journal of Post - Factory Photography".
> >
> > ADVERTISEMENT !
> >
> > I have a lovely book, "2 Saunters: Summer & Winter" 48 pages, hard
> > bound, color and b/w duo-tone
> > on walking in the Sierra Nevada. Photography and text. $20 + postage
> > (about $2.50)
> >
> > END OF ADVERTISEMENT !
> >
> > So, if it does really cost seventy five bucks I'll check the web.
> >
> > However, I did chat w/Joel P. Witkin @ the San Francisco's Photo Fair
> > and he has a very nice new book bound in red for $295 which I'd say is
> > a fair price. 1000 printed.
> >
> > Jack Fulton
> >
> >
>
Received on Thu Jul 29 18:14:36 2004