Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Very few of these people actually understand how a silver latent image is > formed, valence, the redox chemistry necessary to convert a latent image > into a silver (or globule) image, and the atomic structures and sizes > involved. Naturally, since this has nearly zero to do with being a photographer, shooting photographs, understanding how photographs work, appreciating photographs, teaching photography, photographic aesthetics, photographic communication, photographic printmaking, photographic history, recording events photographically, interpreting photographic subject matter, or anything else that most people find even remotely interesting or useful about photography. - --Mike (who woulda been a painter but sadly was never able to master the chemistry of pigments or the atomic structure of brush bristles)