A lab worker is way deeper into it than a hobbyist such as myself. My dad made a meager living from photography in the 40's and early 50's. Worked assignments for magazines while he studied EE, and was the one that introduced me to the hobby and developing/printing. My sister is still hanging on to his lab equipment, albeit sitting in boxes in her basement. I found myself playing around in Gimp the other day and realized I need instructions to be able to navigate the software. Could be fun should I find the time to learn it.
A lot of topic drift here, so on with the show. I have decided that I really dislike the wind steering my bike for me and am going to plunk down the cash for larger rear panniers and just use the Eclipse hbar bag for the camera and maps, ditch the front rack and rack trunk on it. It was a fun experiment, and I learned something.