Kaiser Fototechnik 4437 Manuel D’Utilisation
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There is no doubt: The real world is
analog. We understand „analog“ as the
complement to „digital“. Everything that
surrounds us – light, materials, sounds
– we perceive as an analog presentati-
on, as a continuous, i.e. a continuous-
ly changing „signal“.
analog. We understand „analog“ as the
complement to „digital“. Everything that
surrounds us – light, materials, sounds
– we perceive as an analog presentati-
on, as a continuous, i.e. a continuous-
ly changing „signal“.
The decision, whether you will make
images of our real world as analog or
digital „signals“, that is to say shoot
analog or digital pictures, is of basic
fundamental importance. The same
applies to the further processing of the
analog or digital image. Even though
shooting digital or analog as a proce-
images of our real world as analog or
digital „signals“, that is to say shoot
analog or digital pictures, is of basic
fundamental importance. The same
applies to the further processing of the
analog or digital image. Even though
shooting digital or analog as a proce-
dure is almost the same (even
the cameras look very simi-
lar), the home lab as the
place for analog proces-
sing is a completely dif-
ferent world.
Digital processing
requires substan-
tial knowledge
about compu-
ters and soft-
ware for
proces-
sing
digital
ima-
ges. On the other hand working in a
home lab needs handicraft skills and
requires practical as well as specific
knowledge. The enjoyment for han-
dicraft work is the most important moti-
vation for „making pictures“ in your own
homelab. In some way the results of
this work can be seen as pieces of art.
Take into consideration, that the home
lab worker uses the same materials as
the professional, then he could produ-
ce professional results, something you
normally have to spend big money for.
home lab needs handicraft skills and
requires practical as well as specific
knowledge. The enjoyment for han-
dicraft work is the most important moti-
vation for „making pictures“ in your own
homelab. In some way the results of
this work can be seen as pieces of art.
Take into consideration, that the home
lab worker uses the same materials as
the professional, then he could produ-
ce professional results, something you
normally have to spend big money for.
Working in an own home lab is also
very often a pleasing compensation for
your professional work, nowadays
done very often in front of a computer
monitor. There are many people who
do not like to continue that in their free
time.
very often a pleasing compensation for
your professional work, nowadays
done very often in front of a computer
monitor. There are many people who
do not like to continue that in their free
time.
There are even more reasons to do
your own processing, printing and
enlarging. Your home lab offers invalua-
ble advantages when you make enlarg-
ments bigger than 30 x 40 cm or
12 x 16“. At these scales you can
clearly recognize another property of
the analog image recording procedure:
the continuous tone increase from the
deepest shadows to the brightest high-
lights.
your own processing, printing and
enlarging. Your home lab offers invalua-
ble advantages when you make enlarg-
ments bigger than 30 x 40 cm or
12 x 16“. At these scales you can
clearly recognize another property of
the analog image recording procedure:
the continuous tone increase from the
deepest shadows to the brightest high-
lights.
The Home Lab: Pictures of an Analog World
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