|
Hello,
I think sometimes when you
land a big one, people might want to see it and enjoy it for its own merit. If
anyone is qualified to make film/CCD comments more than I am, please state your
case because my film endeavors go back a long, long way and include a fair
amount of improvisation. Having said this ... I need to share my observation
that the more I use a CCD camera, the more it's like there is NO difference
between what I am doing and what I did with film. The ONLY thing that makes a
CCD different from film is the "newness" of it when you bridge over... and of
course the cost ... but face it ... you could easily spend $50,000 on a high end
FILM system... so leave cost out of it. To do CCD you will have to learn new
techniques ... so what? In film we were inventing new techniques all the time
... if you have not seen Jerry's awesome CD book yet, I can tell you that it is
FILLED with the fruits of these years of development in film ... to the
intellectually curious, astrophotography is a never-ending path of exploration
and invention.
So what about the
dictum that this is a "film only" web site? I can respect that ... to your
detriment. Why? Because nothing really has changed that much ... as I mentioned
a long time ago, all that has changed is the recording medium... if a new film
came out that was called "CCD" it would almost be the same thing... it's only a
new recording medium... and I have to tell you, I have "carried over" about 90%
of my FILM skills when I work with the CCD image data. ALL OF YOU will benefit
from your film experiences when and if you image with a CCD camera ... all you
get with a CCD camera is a grayscale image ... want to do color? It's tricolor
... same as B&W film images that people like Chuck Vaugn and Bill Fletcher
have been doing all these years. I guess what I am trying to say is that once
the "newness" is past, CCD is just like using film in many, many ways... you are
still doing the same thing ... capturing an image and working with it. The
techniques that we learned with film are paramount to good CCD images... you
guys have such a HUGE advantage over anyone who is just starting out with no
film experience... rejoice in this.
Tony |
_______________________________________________ Astro-Photo mailing list Astro-Photo@seds.org http://seds.org/mailman/listinfo/astro-photo