Digital BW, The Print

At 03:09 PM 6/19/2003, you wrote:
>Polaropid Type 108
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Anthony Atkielski
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 4:03 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:10,000 images (was.....plunge)
>
>
>   Stan writes:
>
>   > My point was that an 8x10 camera is not especially
>   > suited to immediate production of images.
>
>   Except for contact prints, which has just been pointed out.  That could
>   conceivably be done on the spot.
>
>   Another possibilty would be transparencies.  Imagine being able to sell an
>   8x10 transparency on the spot!  Just one look would sell the photo.  And
>   with a compact lab, that, too, could be done on the spot, in 20 minutes or
>   so.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That rushing sound you hear is the stampede of event 
photographers hurrying out to replace their digital cameras and dye sub 
printers for 8x10 view cameras. Next thing you know, photojournalists will 
be trading their digitals for Speed Graphics. :-)

Stan

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