Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Post wrote: > > I am awaiting a copy of the second edition of C.B. Neblette's historical > book, "Photographic Processes". Much of the technical stuff I learned about > photography came from reading a copy of the 1972 edition that my then > brother-in-law gave me. It was the textbook of the photo course he took at > UNC- Chapel Hill, and was a great reference- until I made the mistake of > loaning it out! > I got the older version off an e**y sale, and for the purpose of looking for > some more info on pyro, written from thestandpoint of the 30's and 40's > rather than the overly enthusiastic outlook the new generation of pyro users > seem to convey. > I am sure he will also cover these 'alternative' processes, and if so, I'll > be glad to share any info the book may impart! > Dan'l ><Snip> I have the 4th edition 1947 right in front of me. I've had it for about a month. I've noticed this month now other older and newer versions on the shelves, all very different and interesting in themselves. "For nearly a hundred years photography was largely left to the amateur experimentalist of inadequate technical training who was not able properly to evaluate the results of his experiments from a standpoint of scientific theory. In addition progress in the science of photography had to wait upon the clarification of certain concepts of the nature of matter and energy. The known facts are now beginning to fit together and order is beginning to appear from among a mass of apparently unrelated phenomena. A true science of photography is emerging." That's what he thinks! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/