Re: really no purpose anymore for traditional films (negative or diapositve) (by 2006) ?

"Greg "_"" <
>> I've done E-6 in the past. I don't want to do it again.
>
> Some are better at it than others. Their are trade offs for and against.
> I have had mixed results. If you invest the time and understand it am
> sure you can get every bit as good results doing it yourself- perhaps
> with calibration of your system even better than the labs.

The question is really whether or not you'll be able to buy the film and 
chemistry in a few years, not whether or not you can do it yourself. I've 
been running a large custom lab for thirty years and I can't believe the 
drop off in sup****t from Kodak in just the last six months. I get the real

feeling that they want film and chemistry gone as soon as possible. Let me

qualify that. The friends in tech sup****t that I have there are doing the 
best they can under the cir***stances and they are great people, but 
management and marketing have their own agenda and it has nothing to do
with 
the film or the past.


> "As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more
closely,
> the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some
great
> and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's 
> desire
> at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
> - H. L. Mencken, in the Baltimore Sun, July 26, 1920.

I love Mencken and this quote in particular. After Gore Vidal goes, there 
will be no critical thinkers left of this stature on the American
landscape.