ISSUENo.96

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Well, it's here folks! The new Millennium! All our lives we have been used to writing 19XX with every date and now it is 20XX. Has your Camera, Computer or TV etc. failed, or trains, buses and planes refused to work! I doubt it. We seem to fall for every piece of 'hype' and 'sound bite' these days, and have become very sceptical of everything.

Perhaps, rightly so as most hype appears over the top at every turn. However now that we see that life continues unabated with it's usual ups & downs perhaps we shall start to get back to enjoying life in general and especially our hobbies. The Club has certainly suffered from this 'Universal' lethargy and our meetings and newsletter copy has suffered by it. So along with your new 'millennium' resolutions why not include the effort to be more active with your photography and processing and make a point of writing to your editor with the results.

Both the Didcot Meeting and the Photo Action exhibition were very enjoyable and resulting in seven new members proves that many people are still interested in colour transparencies and home processing if we can only reach them. However, once they become members it is up to everyone to help keep them interested by sharing your experiences through the National and Local Newsletters.

As a Colour transparency Club it has always been my wish to be able to produce your 'slides' in their full colourful glory, in the pages and with thanks to Kevin Craske this is now very much possible. In this issue we have two examples. The Didcot pictures are 'pure' D.I. shots but the Birmingham ones are 'real' silver film images, taken and processed by Rita Pearle in the C.R.C. Formula, then scanned into DI images for newsletter use by Roy Salmons. This opens up considerable scope for you to simply get your favourite shots published in the CRCN and/or used to increase the impact of any article you may compose. It proves too that members need not go directly into DI photography but use their computers to further the publicity and presentation of their large slide collections. Computer technology allows you to print and distribute your transparencies to family and friends on very reasonable DI printing papers or make up complete A/V presentations, saved to floppy disc and sent to family and friends etc. There is no reason whatsoever for 'us' to drop out of using sliver film and home processing but simply use the new technology to advantage.

The Executive Committee wish you the very best for the New Year and the New Millennium and look forward to hearing from you in the hope that interest and activity will increase with the new photographic season and that the National Newsletter will increase both in its presentation and copy.

However! to conclude I must make one of my regular requests for Newsletter Copy. Supply has all but dried up after your recent response to my last request. The Newsletter really does need you to keep the pages supplied with your latest news and views and share them with everyone.The pages are 'open' to virtually all aspects of Photography which gives plenty of scope for subject matter. But to help, there is interest in articles on making the best of Audio Visuals and getting the best out of Digital Imaging! Of course, don't forget news on your latest E6 Processing.

A VERY HAPPY MILLENNIUM TO YOU ALL