Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, That it CAN be converted physically and made visible makes all the difference in the world. Robert PS I have really been enjoying all your images and the text in Wild Light 1971 to 2007 very much. ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:19 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Reductionism isn't legit OT <Afterswift@aol.com> wrote: > It may not be wrong consider digital as not the real thing. Digital is a > state of electromagnetic charge. Silver is an element. Silver, even in a > latent image, is still an element, which is tangible and real. Digital > has to be converted to analog and then into elements using some device. Unless I'm mistaken, in the latent image the distinction between an exposed silver halide an an unexposed molecule consists of the energy state of electrons. It has to be converted by chemical developers to be visible. The difference with digital photography is that the photo receptors are re-usable. Doug Herr Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information