You are so lucky to have those plates, Muriel. I discovered the delights of digital photography and have introduced my hubby to it - he in turn, has showed me traditional SLR photography. Wow! So confusing, so many skills! I am in awe of those who can use those miraculous machines. Pity that I didn't have a digital camera when my children were growing up, instead of having to figure out if I could afford to take the photo and get it processed :o( I missed so many golden opportunities by not having a camera with me all the time, as I do now. I love taking my digital SLR (seems easier than the traditional SLR somehow) for a 'walk', then creating digital scrap book pages to document happenings in my world. Ted's mother often writes for that magazine. I have spent many hours typing out her diaries and notes so that we have another copy of them with the intention of printing them (her request). To read all that she did, has really enlightened me to the way things were in early NZ - what a pity I have not had the same opportunity with my own family. I have, at least, been able to listen to my (now deceased) grandmother tell tales of her youth...but somehow I don't seem to remember them with the same clearness as that first time I heard them. I love looking at old images......I wonder if the inventor of the camera - and for that matter the automobile - ever realised just how it would affect the modern world? Carole -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pollyp Sent: Sunday, 21 October 2007 4:21 p.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA Subject: [BAN] Photography---the hard way! ........ We owe a great debt of gratitude to these pioneering photographers. Technically their work was excellent, as you will know if you have had to enlarge a postcard sized shot. But wouldn't they have delighted in the modern array of cameras! Alfred, you were born too soon for a digital camera----I wonder what magic you would have made with it? Regards, Muriel. ( I have two glass plate negatives with the developing instructions, courtesy of my gt aunt Alice. One is of my gt-grandparents and the other my grandparents with their two children). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.13/1074 - Release Date: 16/10/2007 2:14 p.m.