Darren, That term has been in use for many years now, - I think since at least the first "raw" format images were produced by the digital cameras.
The word "negative" lost its original "negative" (i.e. the one that has polarity opposite to the print) meaning, and means any source (including a file) from which you can do printing. It also has a connotation of the "original" file that cannot be changed (e.g. for forensic/legal purposes) and can be accepted as a legal proof (hence the DNG format - digital negative). Some words lost their original meaning and a new live in the digital world... BTW, "file" - is one of those words. Cheers, Igor Mon Oct 29 11:13:03 EDT 2012 Darren Addy wrote: > Thanks for the review. > > I dislike the use of the term "Digital Negative" in the sense used for > this book title. The term "digital negative" is used today to refer to > the process of using an inkjet printer and transparency material to > make a large format negative for contact printing (usually with a > historic or alternative process) to create a print in a traditional > darkroom (from what was originally a digital image). -- 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.
