Thank you, Tom. I was looking for brief answers to my questions, and that is why I made the post to this mailing list. I realize, however, that more detailed information and analysis is obtainable.
Glen On Sep 26, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Tom C wrote: > No. I'm not offended, but a little surprised. Asking a question > like 'how > does one convert the 1's and 0's to a printed image' is sort of > like asking > 'what chemical reactions enable film to be processed and printed'? > > Sure the question is an honest question. But there are reams of > books, > other printed information, and online that all explain the process > (both > digital and film). To ask the question here seems to imply (at > least to me) > that the other avenues to gathering knowledge haven't been > explored. Even a > basic Intoduction to Photography book that was released in the last > five > years would have a chapter, probably telling you as much or more > than you > would want to know. The process has not changed much in 5 years. > Assuming > you want a non-technical answer it would be 'the same way you > printed images > from film, just take the media to your photo processor'. > > I guess my point is, that the information is already available out > there for > you, in a far more concise, accurate, and complete form, than the > answers > you might receive from asking a mailing list. > > For instance: > > http://www.shortcourses.com/guide/ > > and more to the point possibly... > > http://www.shortcourses.com/display/ > > Tom C. > > >> From: Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Digital SLR Guide News - Best Budget DSLR >> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:41:09 -0400 >> >> Has my lack of knowledge in regard to digital photography offended >> you? With regard to my post, I was just being direct and honest. I >> had done a bit of research, but had found differing opinions among >> the various sources, and, more importantly, the technology advances >> so rapidly these days that Wikipedia articles (and the like) are >> often out-of-date shortly after being posted. Yes, I have seen photo >> kiosks, but have never used one. >> >> Glen >> >> On Sep 26, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Tom C wrote: >> >>>> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Digital SLR Guide News - Best Budget DSLR >>>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:16:04 -0700 >>>> >>>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>>>> While I have been resistant to digital for quite some time, I find >>>>> this article interesting. The idea of getting a good "budget" >>>>> DSLR >>>>> has crossed my mind, but I know so little about working within the >>>>> DSLR format that I cannot get motivated to buy one. I tend to >>>>> like >>>>> prints. Thus, I ask the supremely elementary question: how >>>>> does one >>>>> turn the zeros and ones stored in the DSLR's memory into prints? >>>>> Would a computer and/or scanner be necessary (I do not have a >>>>> scanner, but I do have an iMac), or can a camera shop or photo lab >>>>> supply the means to do this if one does not have a scanner? >>>> >>>> You're asking these questions as if you knew nothing at all, >>>> which I >>>> suspect isn't quite true. >>>> >>> >>> Doesn't anyone try to research things for themselves anymore? >>> Wikipedia? >>> Been near a minilab or walked past a photo kiosk lately? :-) >>> >>> Tom C. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
