Photo Engineer said:
That is for them to post, not me.
I don't post the ideas or knowledge of others and if they prefer to keep it to themselves or reveal it only via e-mail it is their business. Sorry.
PE
Well, PE that is just fine and dandy; I think you have made your position perfectly clear to everyone.
Got it. OK?
If no one wants to share, I can go develop it myself and post it all I like, right?
I would never post anyone's confidential information if they preferred me not to, but there is certainly more than one way to skin a cat; even in photography.
While I respect others rights of others to develop their processes and tweak them to their standards, they don't own the Autochrome process anymore than I do and, should I run across a similar method or develop my own, I will post it for all to see and that is my prerogative.
I don't see how taking this discussion out of APUG (effectively killing it) and putting it into the hands of photographers who, for whatever reason, don't want their methods published, advances the art of photography for the members of APUG.
I would rather have an imperfect process and learn about the underpinnings of photography than have a closed-loop system of near-perfect images and not learn a thing beyond the characteristics of that particular flavor of the process.
If you make a living or have a substantial investment in a process, as you and others obviously do, then I congratulate you and respect your right to keep this information proprietary and would, if I can ever afford it, like to take your class on emulsion making, but it won't bind me to not exploring or sharing emulsion making outside of your specific techniques and methods.
Htmlguru, if you'd like to and are in a position to share ideas, knowledge and specific bits of technique, I am interested and assume others are on this forum.
It kind of IS the whole idea behind APUG, right?
Frank W.