Re: Sorry to ask again but...

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

Thanks for all the info Sandy, which makes a lot of sense...But now I 
wonder, if the focus is so good (as with the tintype, etc.) why the oil? 
Is that only about Newton rings?  If so, honestly, that poof with 
cornstarch is a piece of (so to speak) cake.

PS.  I'll clip that article from the Times, Sandy, and mail it if you 
don't find it.  I think it's not nice, however-- I recall "lawsuit" in the 
headline.

I'd totally forgotten Carmen with the scanner, Don -- you are a 
phenomenon!  That portrait might have been somewhat soft, and maybe even 
out of kilter... but, it was several inches distant and probably not a 
high end instrument (which is to say, just enough "effect" for "art").

J.