On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...or, I can't make up my mind. > > So the darkroom project is pretty much dead in the water. Besides the > expense, there's the matter of satisfying the landlord that the plumbing > and wiring is done properly. Now, I'm perfectly capable of doing it all > myself, and he knows that, but the state seems to think I need to be > licensed. Something about residency permits and unlicensed contractors > and rental properties or some crap. It's more of a hassle than I want > to deal with. So until we decide to buy a home I'll just keep hoarding > enlargers and safe lights. Which leads me to the alternative... > > I'd like to get a printer specifically for black & white. An Epson C88 > looks like it should do the job with MIS Ultratone inks. > Single-black-ink printing might work, too. (Christie says I go through > too much black ink with "her" printer.) I have no immediate plans to > print anything larger than 8x10. > > While we're at it, my scanner sucks. Since I need to scan medium format > negs, this pretty much leaves me with flatbed scanners. (Sure, I'd like > a Flextight X5 on my desk, but Christie seems to think that 20K might be > better spent on something else. Like a car.) Currently considering a > couple of Epson's offerings - 4490 and V500. The V700 looks nice, but I > don't really need the LF capability. > > Anyway, thanks for reading this drivel. If you can offer any > suggestions, I'm wide open.
Buy a cheese shop.?? Dave > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
