Here is a scenario Nick:

email from publisher: we have been let down by witheld copyright on image
and needs shots of montains with snow. Can you get some to us by 9pm
tonight?

1 - search through a couple of thousand prints, find a few that are
suitable, get the original plus negs to publisher using courier express

2 - search the database, find pics, send images in appropriate format by
email.

which, if any, wins in the 21st century?

das B

"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
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bagal wrote:


On the other hand goinf film based means darkroom equipment, chemicals,

They invented this thing called a lab.

dedicated space for it that is lightfree to a very strict standard. On
top
of all the chemicals, incidentally some of which are closely linked to
dermatitis, waste disposal (effluent) problems you will still need a
computer - software - hardware (pro standard scanner)


That computer might give you some nasty health problems to.



The wise choice IMHO is digital Why bother with a darkroom? Besides
that,

Quality?


a computer always comes in handy even if it is just for posting to
rec.photo.digital From an ecological point of view re-usable memory
cards
are far more eco-friendly than rolls and rolls of film, paper,
developres
fisers, fixatives, ...

Hardly. All those things create mountains of toxic waste. Worse how
many people just throw computer products into the trash? Ooops. BTW
nothing
in some developers that you can't buy at the grocery store.


Nick