Analog photography

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Analog Photographic film - 1980's-1990's years

Analog photography is a commonly used term for photography that uses a progressively changing recording medium, which may be either chemical process based (e.g., photographic film or plate) or electronic (e.g., vidicon or CCD sensor).

In a film camera that uses the gelatin-silver process, light falling upon photographic emulsions containing silver halides is recorded as a latent image. The latent image is subjected to photographic processing, which makes it visible and insensitive to light.

In a video camera or digital still camera, the signal is captured with a video camera tube or charge coupled device sensor, which sends the picture to be processed by the camera's electronics. The signal can be transmitted or recorded on a storage device for later playback.

Popularity

Analog photography is frequently used as a title for those who are keen to work with, or do work with more traditional types of photography; dedicated online communities have been established in which like minded individuals together share and explore historic photographic practices.^[1] Analog photography has in fact become much more popular with younger generations who have become increasingly interested in the traditional photographic practice; sales in film based cameras began to soar and youth were seen to embrace some 19th century technology ^[2] Urban Outfitters, a popular clothing chain has picked up on the trend and now offers more than 60 product combinations relating to cameras most of which are film-based.

Polaroid used to be one of the most popular tools for analog instant photography, Facing the digital revolution, Polaroid stopped production of analog instant film in 2008. A company called Impossible Project acquired though Polaroid's production machines in order to produce new instant films for Vintage Polaroid cameras and to revive the analog Polaroid photography technique.

See also

• Analog signal
• Digitizing
• Digital photography
• Digital versus film photography
• List of photographic processes

References

• Glenn D. Considine, Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Two-Volume Set, 9th Edition (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2002)
• Peter M.B. Walker, Chambers Technical Dictionary (Edinburgh: Chambers 1999)
• William J. Mitchell, The reconfigured eye: visual truth in the post-photographic era (MIT Press, 1994)

External links

• http://www.urbanoutfitters.com
• http://www.the-impossible-project.com

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