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Volker,
I got to thinking... the
advantages of CCD are such that eventually everyone will probably convert
over... I am planning on it some time next year... although film is a standard
today, tomorrow it will be a rarity... in a sense, a CCD chip is just like film,
only way more sensitive... the good astrophotographers will use it the same way
they use film... to record the basic image... so I don't think there is that
much difference anymore...many good CCD'ers find themselves in this "no man's
land"... I think at this point the lines are blurring... Rob Gendler is on the
APML... I certainly don't intend to leave if I go CCD... maybe we need to change
the definition of an astroimage to encompass CCD or there will be a note on the
APML... "will the last one to leave please close the door." Our basic premise is
the excellence of photo images... but it is becoming clear that film is not the
only way to record light in the pursuit of an excellent image. So many of the
basic photography skills are necessary for good CCD work... it's all becoming
shades of gray...( like my hair...)
Tony
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