Re: [APML] Alternative to Film and CCD

["Michael Barlow" <mikeba@rochester.rr.com>]

    That sounds interesting, knowing that there is or was at one time some
kind of a kit.Bummer it made for such a slow film though.  One of the posts
in this thread mentioned he believes Film to be around apparently longer
then I think it will, I hope he's right.
Thanks to everybody who responded,
Michael A. Barlow

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Anderson" <georgea@cam.org>
To: "Michael Barlow" <mikeba@rochester.rr.com>; "Discussion of Film
Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Alternative to Film and CCD


> Hi Michael
>
> Any home brewed or kit type emulsions that I have seen in the past make
> Kodachrome 25 look like a real speed demon. They usually involved
> contact printing large format negatives under direct sunlight for
> between 10 seconds and 10 minutes and were designed for printing. The
> platinum prints are stunning but I suspect the effective ASA rating is
> around 0.01 ISO. Same with any of the colloiden processes that I have
> seen. And most are very very dead to red light.
>
> George Anderson
> Montreal Canada
>
> Clear skies and good health
>
> Michael Barlow wrote:
> >
> >     I wasn't sure how best to describe what I'm after however your last
> > sentence looks like you know what I what I meant.  Cost of switching to
> > digital isn't really a problem, it can always be worked out somehow.
There
> > may not be any alternative to CCD, Film or DSLR but it might be worth it
to
> > ask in hopes someone has an idea or had an idea at one time.  My
objective
> > which may be futile(?) is to find something similar to commercial "film"
> > that can be bought or made long after the last of the commercial films
have
> > stopped being manufactured, even if it means building a custom camera.
Is
> > it possible to make our own home brewed film or emulsion to spread over
> > glass plates, or......?  For that matter, where would be a good resource
for
> > doing such?
> > Michael A. Barlow
> >

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