Re: Dry Plates

I think that you should look into Daguerreotypes! True, you can't make
prints and the ISO for a Becquerel plate is far lower than ISO 25 (maybe
ISO .004?) but you'll never have trouble finding somebody that will
silver-plate a chunk of copper for you.

:)

-Jonathan

William Barnett-Lewis wrote:
> Ryuji,
>
> Since you're up and talking about these various issues, my biggest alt
> interest is learning how to create dry gelatin plates - say panchro at
> a max of ISO25. I don't expect film to be an issue while I'm alive
> (I'm in my 40s) but it may well be in my son's lifetime. From all the
> reading I've done, that level seems to be the make or break point for
> the home brew emulsion to be worth the effort from a cost/time/result
> analysis. The POP stuff can wait till I've blessed him with too many
> glass plates ... :)
>
> Towards that end, may I ask for a bit of reading material that you
> think might help? Patents, books, etc? I recently learned of the E. J.
> Wall book of 1929 on emulsions as well as your dismissal of it. Yet,
> I"m broke. Is there anything better online that I've missed? Or are
> there things I can learn from that book if I keep other issues in mind
> for later?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> William

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