Digital BW, The Print

At 12:19 PM -0800 7/4/05, Jeff Medkeff wrote:
>[snip]
>Maybe the noisy DSLR image is a good assumption on Roy's part now that I
>think about it - at least for cameras currently on the market. But the
>images can still be noise free at the analog level, and I was getting
>tripped up there because, as Paul says, zero *is* a possible answer to
>the question of how many electrons are in the well. Sorry if this has
>contributed to any confusion.
>[snip]

Just a drop in the bucket to me, Jeff.

Are there good references on this stuff? Places like RIT must have 
texts? I could use a primer for starters.
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Sam