Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser <imagist@concentric.net> wrote: > > I also still feel the need to distinguish between a real > photograph - meaning that light exposed a light sensitive > emulsion coating on a substrate which will hold the image > when developed and fixed for a goodly long time. > as different from a digital capture; which, until printed, > does not exist, except as a code which requires powered > hardware and software to manifest in a manner which can be > viewed. The bits and bytes that make up an image file are analogous to molecules of a latent image before the emulsion is processed. With either technology one must process the image before viewing it. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html