While on the topic of photography being over... Allow me a moment to recommend a book to those of you who may enjoy a diversion into photography's "roots". "Primative Photography" by Alan Greene is one of the coolest books I have seen in a while. http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Photography-Making-Cameras-Calotypes/dp/0240804619 Reader reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Photography-Making-Cameras-Calotypes/product-reviews/0240804619/
This is a guy who didn't want the knowledge of the originators of photography to be lost, and so he has translated and rewritten the way to make your own film holder (which could use photographic paper - of your own making), your own sliding box or folding camera, your own lenses for said camera, and then alternative processes (including a milk serum method for which the by-product is an edible soft cheese). I make is sound a lot weirder than it really is. It is wonderful inspirational stuff. As Mr. Greene says: "The so-called optical flaws of the lens can be put to great artistic effect". (I'm paraphrasing). I find it wonderfully refreshing, especially with all of the obsessing about the perfect lens and image we seem to do more of in this digital age. Or maybe I'm just sounding OLD. :) Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
