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Platapus · 12-30-10, 08:18 PM

Like losing an old friend. Kodachrome and I were old friends.

I have to confess going over to the dark (digital) side a few years ago. Still miss my dark room experiences. But digital seems to be the way to go these days.

I guess my Canon AE1 and A2E will soon join my slide rule on my shelf. Maybe I will be old enough, one day, for some kid to ask me what they are.

Then I will be able to tell them about film and developing your own pictures chemically. He or she will be incredulous and I will cry a little on the inside.

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While photoshop and the other computer programs can do things I could only dream about, somehow with digital manipulation I don't get the same feeling of creating art that I did with B/W film.

My record in the dark room is just under 8 hours for one print. It was a very complicated stretch/burn/dodge. But I did it and that feeling of accomplishment I don't think can be reproduced with a mouse.

Crap I am depressing myself again.

12-30-10, 08:18 PM	#10
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,399 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Like losing an old friend. Kodachrome and I were old friends. I have to confess going over to the dark (digital) side a few years ago. Still miss my dark room experiences. But digital seems to be the way to go these days. I guess my Canon AE1 and A2E will soon join my slide rule on my shelf. Maybe I will be old enough, one day, for some kid to ask me what they are. Then I will be able to tell them about film and developing your own pictures chemically. He or she will be incredulous and I will cry a little on the inside. . While photoshop and the other computer programs can do things I could only dream about, somehow with digital manipulation I don't get the same feeling of creating art that I did with B/W film. My record in the dark room is just under 8 hours for one print. It was a very complicated stretch/burn/dodge. But I did it and that feeling of accomplishment I don't think can be reproduced with a mouse. Crap I am depressing myself again. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.