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Hello Shekhar,
Cute... but maybe everyone on
the list should consider what Daphne came up with, which is:
How many of you on the list
still do all your astrophotography with only film, paper, and an enlarger?
There may be some, but MOST of you are now DIGITIZING your work by scanning the
originals into digital media.
So in reality, you are really no different than
anyone else out there who is working with digital information.
Hypocrits! If you want to
be "oh so pure" and not START with digital information via a CCD, I don't want
to see any mention of Photoshop or Picture Window or Registar on this
list!
No.... it's not like that, is
it? The reality of this situation is that most of you are clamoring to know more
and more about digital processing, and that is a good thing. The only difference
between a typical "film" person today and a CCD person is the origin of the
data... BFD.
I learned "CCD" in one lousy
week... the reason I could do this is that I already was 80% there... in
fact I prefer, and believe, that the digital techniques that I learned
processing film are BETTER than any "canned" programs that you can buy for this
purpose. Once you learn operation of the camera and the reduction process, it's
all the same DIGITAL PROCESSING... sooooo.... unless you still only do your work
with an enlarger, no computer... please, any protest over the origin of the
DIGITAL DATA is pure hypocrisy, isn't it?
Tony
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