Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

argentique

English translation:

silver(-based) emulsion

Added to glossary by Florence Bremond
Jul 15, 2002 11:11
21 yrs ago
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French term

argentique

French to English Tech/Engineering Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) Photography
Term used about photography, as opposed to 'numérique' which I know means 'digital'. The phrase where the word appears is 'La maîtrise du traditionnel support argentique ou l'usage de la nouvelle technologie numérique...'
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 silver emulsion
5 +1 silver

Discussion

Harriet Coleman Jun 13, 2010:
From Google it seems that "analog (or analogue) photography" and "film photography" are both much more widely used than "silver-emulsion photography"

Proposed translations

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silver emulsion

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Note added at 2002-07-15 11:15:08 (GMT)
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To say truth, I have a friend who is a photographer in the US and he told me recently that it is much less used than \'argentique\' is here.

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\"In addition to our silver emulsion technology, we also fully embrace
digital technology particularly for postproduction work\"
http://www.davidcurrydesign.com/downloads/photography_capabi...

\"Digital technology is giving him possibilities he never had before.
A year ago, Stephen Johnson stopped using traditional silver emulsion \"
http://www.sjphoto.com/halla_sj.html

\"improving by leaps and bounds in the past few years, I see a very noticeable difference
in the quality of the images between the digital and silver-emulsion \"
http://www.lensimages.com/prints.htm

\"Digital image is in pixels – can capture higher resolution than 72 dpi but takes
more memory – does not have the same “quality” as silver-emulsion image \"
http://www.csupomona.edu/~llsoe/cis421/digital.htm

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Canon :
\"This enables photographers using silver-emulsion cameras to make
the transition to digital photography easily. \"
http://www.canon.co.nz/news/story_39.html

Peer comment(s):

agree cheungmo : More complete. Also "silver-based".
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Absolutely great - thanks very much indeed. Nicky Over"
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silver

Very definitely. Check out Eurodicautom. "Argentique" is the adjectival form of "argent".
Peer comment(s):

agree cheungmo : By a nose
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