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Re: [Digital BW] Digital B/W Printing and the "Old School"

2003-12-03 by flyfishingusa2002

Truman,
Somewhere in Ansels writings, whilst he was still alive he saw a 
very early digital and made a statment to the effect that all 
photography would be this way someday and that he would embrace it. 
If I come across the excact quote I will let you know. 
You seem to miss the fact that Ansel used both medium format and 
35mm on occasions. 
Nothing wrong with the wet stuff, just that "Digital B/W printing is 
not the place for a very lengthy discussion, if you can call it that 
on which vintage of Tri-X is better. 
Can you use a digicam? If so lets see some of your work, at least 
some of mine has been published. 
I do not intend to keep any "Flame War" going...As I said, to many 
keyboard bullies around that seem to have way to much time to write 
lengthy and boring essay's.

Sierra Gold

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Truman Prevatt 
<tprevatt@m...> wrote:
> You're medium pass that on or did you sit in the seance where old 
Ansel 
> came before all of you and stated the current piddly resolution of 
the 
> digital world could compete with his 4x5 and 8x10 view camers
> 
> Let us know, inquiring minds want to be in on the latest.
> 
> Part of the old school that thinks the image is what photography 
is all 
> about.
> 
> Truman
> 
> flyfishingusa2002 wrote:
> 
> >
> > these things behind. I wouldn't mind betting that if Ansel Adams 
was
> > still around he would have gone all digital some while ago.
> >

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