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August 17th, 2010, 09:00 AM
#16
JDC -Thanks.
I noted one lens had a max aperture of f15; very poor light gathering ability but easier to maintain a quality image.
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August 17th, 2010, 09:54 AM
#17
Their lenses were nowhere near as good as what we have today. The film process was very high quality, with microscopic grain. Their exposure times were also much longer, especially with an f15 lens. Many of the old photos of city streets showed them with no traffic. There was traffic, but it moved to fast to be registered. For portraits you had to sit motionless for quite a while.
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August 18th, 2010, 12:39 PM
#18
it moved to fast to be registered. For portraits you had to sit motionless for quite a while.
Sometimes a wagon stopped long enough to partially register leaving a ghostly image. Portrait studios looked like torture chambers with devices to hold the head rigid during the long exposure.
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August 19th, 2010, 03:08 PM
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August 19th, 2010, 03:49 PM
#20
Thanks Nick. The "See Also" links at the bottom of that page are also interesting. I don't recommend trying the do-it-yourself Daguerrotypes. The process is dangerous.
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