Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 52 — page 69: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION parencies—will become more popular as their colour ren- dering improves and _ their cost is reduced, a plastic base, with its longer life, will be advantageous. During the last couple of years, the improve- ment in colour rendering— especially in the red range— has been very noticeable, and several firms are developing various techniques in the desire to pip each other at the post with a much cheaper colour process thanis presently | possible. Eventually, the mono- chrome print may become as obsolete as the daguerro-type, while the colour print—and perhaps even our authors’ favourite tri-di full-colour photograph—holds full sway. Meanwhile, the most prob- able development in the mono- chrome field will be an exten- sion of the Polaroid-Land method by which the print can be taken direct from the camera about a minute after the button is pressed. In this case, the main drawback— particularly from the keen photographer’s viewpoint—is the lack of a negative, so that enlargements cannot be 63 made unless the finished print is used as a base and re- photographed to give a nega- tive. For the person who just wants a picture of Auntie having a nap in a deckchair to put in an aibum, this type of camera is ideal. While it is extremely popular in the . United States, it has yet hardly made its presence felt in this country, possibly because of dollar restrictions. FORTUNE WAITING The most interesting pos- sible development—and one that many photographers would dearly like to see—is the elimination of silver as an emulsion base. Silver is expensive, and could anyone discover some cheap photo- sensitive material which could be made into an emulsion, he would make his name stand level with Fox Talbot, and probably make a fortune into the bargain. It is possible to reclaim silver grains, but, for the amateur photographer, the processing of stock solu- tions is more trouble than it is worth. After the elimination of silver, the next most impor- comiclooks.cormn