Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just like George said, yes, there is a huge amount of resolution, it's just not magical or unattainable by other means. Silver iodide is the slowest silver halide, and the finest grain, the imaging plane is very flat, and Daguerrotype is a direct positive process. These all contribute, but are replicable in safer modern forms, were someone to decide to make the materials. Marty On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:53 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2011, at 3:07 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > >> So the extra resolution attributed in the original article to the process >> itself is wrong then? > > perfectly "flat" plane of focus + ultra fine grain = high resolution. > Probably whether glass or etc. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information