No problem. Sometimes I'm cranky. :-) I think Chapter 2 in the second link probably answers your question pretty well.
Tom C. >From: Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Digital SLR Guide News - Best Budget DSLR >Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:31:54 -0400 > >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 <pdml@pdml.net> > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >> 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 <pdml@pdml.net> > >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >>>> 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 > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> 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 > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > 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 >PDML@pdml.net >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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
