Originally Posted by
Bill_1856
Reading through Ansel Adams "Examples" for the unptheenth time, I finally noticed that he used "Wratten Panchromatic Glass Plates" when he made the famous Half-Dome picture in 1927.
Of course I've heard of Wratten Filters for years, but it suddenly occured to me that I knew nothing about Wratten. Was it a company who made glass plates and filters? Was it a tradename of Eastman Kodak?
A Google revealed only that he was an English inventor who sold his company to Eastman before WW1.
Any additional information...?
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