Agreed John but you get something usable to begin with. Once you mastered the use of the enlarger, then you can proceed to the chemistry part. If you try to learn everything at once, no wonder people hate it ;)
2010/11/4 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > From: Thibouille >> >> But yes, you did. That's what I was after. >> I don't ask anyone to like it. Just to do it. >> If you hate it, you'll love digital way of doing things a lot more. >> >> But then if have quite some convenience you probably did not get: >> 1/ the Durst are fully automatic, meaning it will do the math itself >> if you change grade. Grade filters are built-in etc. >> Really, simple as it could be. As or the chemistry, the machine does >> it for us (obviously RC paper). Nada. Nothing else. >> 3 minutes later the picture arrives, cleaned and not even wet. Just >> done. Couldn't be easier, could it? >> >> Now, if one begins the hard way, yep, I see how one could be disgusted >> very easily. >> > > Ahhh! The old fashion "hard way". That's where all the fun is in the > darkroom. > > If it's all automated equipment, if you don't get the joy of seeing the > image begin to appear in the tray, you might as well send it off somewhere > to be processed and printed. > > -- > 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. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs ---------------------- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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.
