We need conduct the test, and see if the theoretical effect is measurable and meaningful to practical photography. Chris Woodhouse has the best equipment and the needed experience to do this. I will hold my final judgment until I see his results. Regards Ralph W. Lambrecht On 1/5/05 9:15 PM, "Ryuji Suzuki" <rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Christopher Woodhouse <chris.woodhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Under exposed frame > Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:48:31 +0000 > >> Above the threshold, the halide system is continuous, irrespective >> of the emulsion combination. > > The threshold effect must be considered at individual crystal level. > (Sensitometric curve analog I gave is a watered down version.) > > In ordinary pictorial print emulsion and developers, individual grains > are either fully developable or not developable at all. There is very > little time in transition from the beginning of development to > completion for a single grain. The difference is whether the grain has > a development center or not. Enough number of high energy photons must > hit the crystals in order to make latent image of sufficient silver > cluster that can act as the development center. Those crystals that > are not developable after G2 exposure remain below the threshold. > > There is some room for stable latent subimage that is not developable, > especially for print emulsions. Crystals with these remain > subthreshold but they need fewer photons on average (these are all > stochastic phenomena, because of quantum nature of photon and the > limited efficiency of photoelectrons making photolytic silver) to > become developable. After G2 exposure, the shadow areas have more of > these guys that can be made developable by very brief G5 exposure. > > -- > Ryuji Suzuki > "Keep a good head and always carry a light camera." > ============================================================================== > =============================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) > and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.