I think Don wrote that second part. All I did was call him a heretic. I'm with you on the monitor/printer calibration dance. ;-)
On 3/29/06, Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one time, at band camp, "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Monitor calibaration for the latest color printer does not > match my existing calibration, the drone of computer fans, > running out of printer ink and not having a shop within 100 miles that > stocks your brand and model of printer cartridges, file corruption, > hard disk crashes, computer freezes, Blue Screen Of Death (windows), > the endless series of updates upgrades, yet another viruses that will > format you hard drive, or a trojans and worms that lurk at every corner, > the latest must-have tool is spy-ware posts all your images to a porn > site, eyes ruined from staring at a computer screen for 16 hours, not > to mention that damn chair gets uncomfortable after 30 mins, no two > RAW formats are the same so I have to convert them, and if all else > fails you get to listen to tech supports music selection for 3 1/2 > hours whilst you ponder how something so simple could go so wrong, > and why do my images not look the same on somebody elses computer when > I send them, and if I get a new printer I have to re-calibrate the whole > whole show again, then there is the endless software updates I need to > keep up with and when I install them my email wont work any more, and if > it does work you find you need a new computer to run it on because it is > now so slow you could have developed, proofed and printer a catalog, and > when you want to store the image its on some fragile disc that may or may > not last 10 years, not forgetting the constant increase in card sizes you > need because each new and expensive digital body means your existing media > only holds 4 images now. The messy prints because the printer is having a > bad cartridge day. This is all out of order but you'll get what I mean. > > > > > I haven't been following this thread from the start, so this may be > > > superfluous. Have we all forgotten the chemical stink? The sloppy dishes > > > of developer, stop bath and fixer and the rest for colour? Never mind > > > how careful you are there is always spillage -- especially with a dish > > > 20" x 24" big. The acetic acid stop bath used for B&W is nasty, the > > > developer and other chemicals (for colour) are carcinogenic. The > > > combination with stale air is almost narcotic. The dim yellow light, or > > > more often no light at all? Emerging after hours in this stinking > > > chemical dungeon into the daylight where you are forced to wear dark > > > glasses or see nothing. Gloves with holes that leak. Tongs that don't > > > grip the paper properly? Stains on your jeans, shirt, shoes, flesh. > > > Washing, drying or glazing? Prints that stick to the glazing sheets? Or > > > those that go brown on the drum because it gets far too hot when the > > > thermostat fails. The dust on the glass carriers in the enlarger. The > > > heat from the lamps. Trying to focus accurately when the light is not > > > bright enough because the negative is thick? Finally pouring all the > > > solutions back into bottles or down the drain. Cleaning the bench > > > vacuuming the floor trying to get rid of dust. We didn't all have fine > > > air-filtered and conditioned darkrooms with film drying cabinets. Or > > > automatic exposure controlled colour enlargers and C-41 developing > > > machines. Spotting prints? What a relief to no longer have to mess with > > > all this. This is all out of order but you'll get what I mean. > > > > -- > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. > Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
