Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Brian, I should have done that. Ric On Dec 15, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > I have this feeling that not very many Luggers recognized the > object in Ric Carter's photo as the abandoned skeleton of a > horizontal process camera. Clearly those of us who have actually > used them knew what it was. But I must confess that it doesn't look > a whole lot like a camera to anybody who hasn't met one. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/Grab-Bag/camera.jpg.html > > The process camera was used to photograph a "mechanical", which is > to say a page layout, to produce copies ("photomechanical > transfers"), plates, or films. Nowadays everybody just uses > computer-to-plate or computer-to-press, except for the diehard > traditionalists who still use imagesetters.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information