On May 5, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > [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?)
Yeah, I have Bill's picture on the wall right behind my monitor:-). Paul > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
