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Subject: [Leica] Daguerreotype Details
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:01:08 -0600
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On Dec 5, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:
> Just like George said, yes, there is a huge amount of resolution, it's
> just not magical or unattainable by other means. Silver iodide is the
> slowest silver halide, and the finest grain, the imaging plane is very
> flat, and Daguerrotype is a direct positive process. These all
> contribute, but are replicable in safer modern forms, were someone to
> decide to make the materials.
and we should add
absolutely no movement
neither of subject
nor any part of the recording device
or its various components
Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
In reply to:
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Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Daguerreotype Details)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Daguerreotype Details)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Daguerreotype Details)