RE: No strong to survive....

Darryl,

Your points are well taken. Especially:

> I think a lot of the popular "doom and gloom" is based upon the
marketplace
> darlings in the press corps. It is their jobs to "predict" the trends.
> The fact is they usually go with a prevailing sentiment and seek to prove
it true.

> I think the real losers are those shooting U.L.F., like Sandy K and all
the
> 11X14 and 8X10 film shooters. That's where I see the near future
> with no rays of sunshine... ever again.

Collodian!

Reconfigure the holders for glass plates (if possible) and coat the plates
yourself.... Where there's a will there's a way.

Jon
www.jonathan-bailey.com