[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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? >> > No, you shouldn't care. > Given the darkroom technique you describe, you'll get much better > results shooting BW on a digital Pentax.
Excuse me for a moment while I wipe coffee off my monitor... (Paul, are you channeling Bill Robb today or what?) -- 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.
