[Leica] IMG end of the world

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Brian

Thanks, it brings back horrible memories of all the years I worked for 
newspapers :-P

Walt

Jim Nichols wrote:

> Brian,
>
> Thanks.  I suspected it was something of that sort, but have never 
> seen one.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" 
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> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG end of the world
>
>
>> I have this feeling that not very many Luggers recognized the object 
>> in Ric Carter's photo as the abandoned skeleton of a horizontal 
>> process camera. Clearly those of us who have actually used them knew 
>> what it was. But I must confess that it doesn't look a whole lot like 
>> a camera to anybody who hasn't met one.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/Grab-Bag/camera.jpg.html
>>
>> The process camera was used to photograph a "mechanical", which is to 
>> say a page layout, to produce copies ("photomechanical transfers"), 
>> plates, or films. Nowadays everybody just uses computer-to-plate or 
>> computer-to-press, except for the diehard traditionalists who still 
>> use imagesetters....
>>
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