>> I once did an article about saving money in the darkroom by buying generic >> items to replace market-specific ones, but the magazine I was working for >> wouldn't run the article. No need to look very far for the reason...most of >> the magazine's advertisers were in business selling the photo-specific >> versions...for more money, of course. <g> > > So, what are the chances of you putting this article in the 37th Frame or on > the web? > ;-)
Mark, I suppose I could...the problem is that the article was written in the 1980s and most of the information will have changed. It names specific products, page numbers of then-current catalogs, phone numbers of companies, etc. These days it would need to be updated by including mentions of great bargains on eBay--particularly good products from the past that go begging because most people don't recognize the names and don't know what they are. Just as a "fer example," there was a stainless-steel fabricator in Michigan who made good-quality but bargain-priced custom sinks. I don't even remember his name now, much less if he's still happily welding away. So I'd basically have to write the article over again and do all the research over again. --Mike
