Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well sure - however it's a different sort of magic. The idea that we have these 10, 50, 100 or more year old artifacts which hold the impression of specific focused light reflected from subjects which no longer exist - well - you either feel it or you don't - and yes I see your smiley ;^) Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Nov 20, 2006, at 12:48 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > It's funny, George, but it's precisely the opposite quality that I > find > captivating about digital - the fact that the scene I saw as light > hit my > eye and was translated into electrical and chemical impulses in my > brain, > which translated those impulses into a picture, is captured by an > electronic > system, stored as 1s and 0s! and then turned back into the image I > saw. I'm > sure I wouldn't find this magical if I was a computer guy, but... ;-)