Other collecting activities?

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sun Apr 18 18:20:37 2004

Tony Duell wrote:

>>I don't suppose you happen to know about the availability of
>>materials for a camera that expects to shoot to glass slides? I'll

> I am not sure if plates (that's what we call them in the UK) are still
> made. However, sheet film certainly is, and you can back it with a piece
> of _flat_ glass or similar. I think there used to be proper converters to
> load sheet film into plate cameras.

I thought the cameras that used glass slides, the photographer coated
the plates with the light sensitive stuff before use.
I did read somewhere that one of the early photographic process used
the same process as XEROX copiers. I wonder if nowdays that could be
improved on, as it the time over 100 years ago it gave better quality
photographs.
PS. I think a GOOD B&W photograph in many ways better than a quick
blurry grainy color photo.
Received on Sun Apr 18 2004 - 18:20:37 BST