From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 01/01/02-06:52:40 PM Z
I have come into this discussion late, but I do have in my files an article
on latensification by David Vestal in the Nov/Dec 1993 Darkroom and Creative
Camera Techniques magazine. Ralph Steiner's process. I have never tried
the process, but if someone has not already answered the original poster's
question on latensification I can post a recap of the details in the article
if you want. Let me know.
Chris
> This was asked several weeks ago but I did come across a reference while
> researching another topic. Apparently Latensification is possible by
> exposing the glass plate ( now film ) to Mercury vapors. There was a
comment
> that this may not work with chemical sensitization. Chemical
sensitization
> is common today, but I suspect we do it differently than around 1953.
>
> I wonder if this would help my scanned image's if I exposed my hard drive
to
> mercury vapors ;<)?
>
> This comment came out of the Journal of Photographic Science, Vol 1, 1953.
>
> There also seemed to be a lot of processes that used Uranium in the past.
> Anyone using this metal today? Do you get it from a local power plant?
> ..
>
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