No, you shouldn't care. Given the darkroom technique you describe, you'll get much better results shooting BW on a digital Pentax. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Michael S. Keller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've been out of serious camera shopping for so long that only now did I > notice the absence of Pentax film cameras in the product lineup. Should > I care? I was thinking of getting another, but is it worth it? Or if I > ever shoot film again, should I just use the Nikon P&S I inherited from > my father? My primary love with film was black & white, where I started > with my grandfather when he showed me the fun of darkroom work. My > fondest shooting memories from those days was of dipping into Ilford > HP-5 and carrying it all the way to prints, with the necessary frugality > of using the same developer for everything in the chain (D-76, no stop > bath, whatever fixer I had). > > Do I want to go to that expense again for equipment that is already > aging and for which there may never be new parts again? > > -- > -Michael > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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