Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]once upon a time Po-Wen Shaw wrote: > I think all reality is a matter of perception (oh my god! shields!). Light > does have "color" -- the electro-chemical mechanisms of the rods and cones > in the human eye happen to register/interpret certain EM wavelengths as > "colors" (just as it cannot sense most other wavelengths in the overall EM > spectrum) which may or may not register similarly to non-human-eye > "sensors". In the same sense, photographic paper register EM radiation by > converting the silver within their emulsion coating. Kinda like how an electron behaves as a particle only when being observed and like a wave when not being observed?...OOPS guess I should not get into quantum physics, way over my head know just enough to get into trouble....after all I am just a stupid don't know **** from shinola photographer. :) - -- Harrison McClary http://www.mcclary.net