michrassena

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   by michrassena 10y ago

   The discussion seems to be easily diverted into one about audio, but I think something that I've not seen in discussion about this issue is the way some app makers have used the analog audio port as a data jack. I've long had the
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   I wonder if we'll look back at today's technology in 25 years and it will look as unpolished as that Acorn and laserdisc.
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   What I was going to say. I've heard Leicas more than once called dentists' cameras. Edit: No disrespect to dentists intended.
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   Taping the logo is an anti-theft measure.
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   Off the cuff, I'd point to any format for which you'd have to fire up an emulator to run the software to read it. I would also include any format which is not openly documented or which requires a propriety tool to view it. When
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   I didn't see your comment when I posted. Carbon seems like an ideal archival pigment in this case.
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   I'm assuming that they are using some kind of archival ink, but the real issue is how long the ink will last.
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   by michrassena 11y ago

   I used to want one of these so badly, just to have a four core computer. I regret passing one up on eBay which was some tens of dollars. But like my ARC risc system and IBM RT PC, it would probably just sit in storage.
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   by michrassena 12y ago

   The dynamic range limitations that slide film has and early color negative film had during the last century is a technology limitation. The progression of film development is toward more dynamic range, finer grain, greater speed (sensitivit
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    Thank you for taking the time to produce a version yourself and giving us your opinion of which image you consider to best fit your definition of having the Photoshop je ne sais quoi and which does not. That is the direct a to b comparison
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    if you'll have a look here, you'll see the sky detail, it's at the bottom http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/prok/01600/01676v.jpg do you know why it appears at the bottom and not the other two frames?
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    I simply asked for an objective demonstration of this process, this dazzling that Photoshop is capable of that tilts our senses on their side and takes us over with rapture. The fact is, the images were made in the color space of nature. T
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    here is what I would call an uneditorialized composition of the image you linked http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/prokc.21676/?co=prok As anyone can tell, this one has undergone a transformation, colors are corrected, blemishes have b
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    What you've said about Gurksy is fascinating, especially with regard to N-dimensional spaces. I think it would greatly help to see it in person to appreciate the details. I can see now why the Gurksy photograph has sold for more than any o
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    I gave this discussion some thought this morning. Basically the argument boils down to "it's not an old picture, it's modern, it's been post-processed in Photoshop, recently. What you're reacting to is a modern photograph" Correct me if
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    Part of the reason is because the glass plates the images were photographed on are relatively large. The glass plate was 3inches by 9inches, meaning each image was approximately 3x3. This is somewhat larger (about 80% more area 9 sq in vs
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    by michrassena 14y ago

    These images do not look like Photoshop. The color gamut of the original negatives would probably be outside of the gamut of RGB. What has happened in post-processing is that the contrast and saturation have been exaggerated (is it too mu