Digital BW, The Print

The more common tool was a 4x5 press camera or Polaroid/Mamiya 600SE rather than 8x10/Type 108, but those were the tools used PRIOR to the existance of dit cameras and dye subs for event coverage. 
Conventional film processing and contact prints were an concievable *option*, but that ain't how it was done by the majority of us that actually DID pre-dit events coverage with on-site sales .... it was done with 3x4/4x5/5x7/8x10 POLAROID.

BC
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stan McQueen 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 4:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:10,000 images (was.....plunge)


  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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