Re: silver prints (Re: ULF photography)

From: Patrick Jan Van Hove ^lt;janvanhove@janvanhove.com>
Date: 01/21/05-12:26:34 PM Z
Message-id: <BE1707EA.1E5E8%janvanhove@janvanhove.com>

>
> Furthurmore, I think it was not so much that the quality
> was so bad as the fact that it was the amateurs, not the
> professionals, who embraced the silver halide-gelatin
> process initially. They were a pretty hard bunch to crack.
> Their materials, while slow and burdensome, worked and
> they didn't trust the new amateur processes, nor did they
> understand the degree of care the new materials required
> for successful use.
>
Hm... Sounds familiar... A little Digital vs film, anyone ?
Nothing new under the sun, it seems... :)

PJ
Received on Fri Jan 21 13:11:38 2005

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