Ever see that fameous drawing of young George Eastman going out to take some
photographs? He was carrying his gear on his back, something like 80-90lbs of
it. That is supposed to be what motivated him to start manufacturing dry plates
and later develop photographic film.
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Frantisek wrote:
Saturday, August 28, 2004, 7:28:03 AM, graywolf wrote:
g> Why would you want to use one of those new fangled dry plates? Real
g> photographers use wet plates.
Is it the reason real photographers look like Hunchback of Notre Dame
:-) ?
I can't afford a mule or llama to carry all the wet plate stuff
around, and I have never been into still-lifes.
Good light!
fra
