On Thu, July 29, 2010 01:20, James Schenken wrote: > One way to be sure is to compare the edges of the negative images with the > edges of known ( read authentic ) Ansel Adams negatives. > Negative carriers ( film holders ) over time get little nicks and dents > and > these show up in the negative like a finger print. If they find and exact > match, then the negative were made in AA's film holders and that lends > credence to him as the photographer. Ah, yes; that's objective forensic evidence which, as you say, could at least establish the use of Adams' film holders (which would then make the whole theory seem more likely). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
