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Viewing
JPEG & GIF Images

Introduction
Camera Work
Group f/64
Reference Materials
The Zone System
the Ansco Memo

making a
Photograph
Image Management
Sharpness
Negative Size
Field of View & Focal Length
Depth of Field & Diffraction

FILM
Response to Light
Finding Film Speed
Making a Choice
Exposing
SEI Exposure Photometer
Developing
PMK Pyro
Rodinal
History & Credits
Slitter for the Minox.
and for 120 Rollfilm
living with Roll Film

about the PRINT
Digital Negatives

Digital Imaging
what are Pixels
Binary Arithmetic
Color and Grayscale Codes

the Scanner.
Density Range
Negative or Print?
Color or B&W?

Manipulation
Adjusting Tonal Range

the Minox
Using a Minox
Loading & UnLoading
Setting Film & Shutter Speeds
Negative Enlargeability
Slitting & Loading Film
Film Developing Tank
Equipment, Supplies, Service, Processing
References & Galleries

the Gallery

Links

Other Passions

Copyright Notice

Some General Thoughts about Digital Photography

To the traditional glass plate and film based sources for the fine print, the digital camera's memory card, and the computer file, must now be added. In addition, the importance of the differences between "positive" and "negative" or "Color" and "B&W", has been reduced with the appearance of the digital data file as the source of the final image. The term "digital negative" has entered our vocabulary - in fact the term "negative" may well retreat into history.

 Perhaps it is time to adopt Ansel Adams' metaphor and use the term "Score" to refer to whatever it is that contains the information needed to create the final "Performance".


a bit about

Pixels

Binary Arithmetic

Color and Grayscale Codes


a bit about Scanning

Density Range & Scanning

Scan the Negative, or Print?

Scanning in Color or B&W


Manipulation

Adjusting Tonal Range