Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 20:50:20 -0400 From: "Les Berkley" <wogears@fast.net> Les wrote: Hi! A CDV is not a tintype. Tintypes were produced from about 1850-1900 (and until very recently in remote areas in the Near East) on a metal backing. Cartes de visite were ordinary photographic prints, from wet or dry plate negatives made in a special camera with multiple lenses or a mirror system which produced many small images on one negative. These were contact-printed and used (as their name implies) as visiting cards. They were quite popular in the last third of the 19th century. Lil sez: You're absolutely right, but CDV did become known as a size, more or less. In discussing bit-depth I was careless with my historical terminology. It may be inaccurate, but in common chat I hear the tins from four- and six-lens cameras referred to as CDV size, as a matter of convenience. It takes a lot of words to describe them otherwise. But I do know what a carte de visite is, really. :-) Lil - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.