I’m shooting what I want to know.
Oct 9, 2019 11:09:18 #
leicajah
Loc: Texas, grew up in Louisiana
I’m very thankful for all of your replies. I’ll look into it. I do have experience in digital somewhat. It is amazing. The
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Oct 9, 2019 18:33:27 #
Welcome to UHH. What an indecent break. Get a lab and develop allergies to the chemistry. Sorry to read that part.
--Bob
--Bob
leicajah wrote:
I used to be a Crime Scene Photographer for several police departments, and Sheriff’s Offices. Then for years, I shot for the USAF. From grip and grins to crashes. Now I shoot what I want to. I shoot Leicas from the M6 film, to a M Digital. My wife bought a building that was moved next to my home, so now I have a full lab to play with. I was lucky. I have a color Leica V-35 enlarger. Unfortunately, I have developed an allergy to photo chemistry.
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Oct 9, 2019 19:06:14 #
leicajah
Loc: Texas, grew up in Louisiana
It is ok. At one time I was a professional violist. A friend played violin until he became allergic to rosin
Oct 9, 2019 19:40:59 #
Aloha Longshadow and welcome to UHH. I used to do my own developing and printing but my hands became very sensitive to the chemicals. Thus I had to stop the most fun part of photography at that time. Once digital cameras came out I have again found my darkroom to ge within my computer. Have fun and enjoy your new darkroom and the world of digital photography.
Oct 9, 2019 22:29:35 #
leicajah
Loc: Texas, grew up in Louisiana
Thank you Sir for your comments. I also spent 22 years, 7 months< 20 days in the USAF. Seven years underground in a Titan II ICBM. I was the guy who would “push the button”.
Oct 9, 2019 22:41:03 #
leicajah wrote:
Thank you Sir for your comments. I also spent 22 years, 7 months< 20 days in the USAF. Seven years underground in a Titan II ICBM. I was the guy who would “push the button”.
I cannot even begin to imagine the weight of that responsibility. I work with a retired US Navy Captain who was the weapons officer on an FBM submarine that carried 240 nuclear warheads.
Oct 9, 2019 23:40:18 #
leicajah
Loc: Texas, grew up in Louisiana
You are so right! We were screened and selected more than astronauts. If our wives bounced a check on base, we were pulled from pulling alerts. Our nuke was 9 megatons. A 1 meg would ignite dry leaves at 10 miles
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welcome, The transition to digital is not that bad. I still have most of my film equipment too. I still prefer B&W silver prints over digital prints. I have a Photo Lab Index if you ever want info. I get most of my traditional supplies from Freestyle Photo in LA. I was a B-52 driver in the AF and sat plenty of Nuke Alert too. I no longer glow in the dark. I would not get rid of the Leica equipment. Leica does make digital too.
Oct 10, 2019 15:42:14 #
leicajah
Loc: Texas, grew up in Louisiana
Roggoh! I have 3 Leica Digital cameras. I spent many years in Titan II, then in Ground Launched Cruise Missile, GLCM
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