Re: Re: Re: Zone plate question

Hughes wrote:
> "It's very daring to create a new
noun: for example, I was thinking about
proposing "Sténopé échelonné" (staggered pinhole)
or "Sténopé-Fresnel" (Fresnel pinhole) or just
"Plaque zonée"... Would it be correct, I just
don't know.

and Guillermo replied:
> "Again, zoneplate, photon sieve and pinhole sieve, all have their origins in science not in photography...

Not to take this group too seriously from an academic point of view, but it may be the best agora/forum to discuss and come up with a nickname that fits the specific requirements of the pinhole community, recognizing that the scientific community may have a more formal name for their own requirements. After all, if some names in the dictionnary are listed as having two very different meanings, why should'nt the same object have two different names?

> "Well, the University of Bordeaux in its website calls it: "plaque de
Fresnel", here is an excerp where they mention that name:
> "A PDF file of the LURE - SOLEIL (Synchrotron research related) call it: "Zones de Fresnel" in this sentence: "et en utilisant des reseaux circulaires a zones de fresnel".

Guillermo, you're just baffling! How many languages do you know/speak all together? Where do you get these esoteric sources?

Now, coming back to the issue at hand, since Zone Plate in English is a designator that is not very illuminating for those not familiar with the process, I suppose that the French name could be slightly more informative. I would therefore suggest that we adopt the following translation, recognizing that it is purely a convention between pinhole photographers not in any way intending to overtake the language of the scientific community:

Zone Plate = Cercles-Fresnel
Zone Sieve = Grille-Fresnel
Photon Sieve = Grille-Photon

Best regards,

Guy

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Received on Sat Mar 20 15:39:58 2004