But it is true, Herb <LOL>
Herb Chong wrote:
>
> everyone has said this every 5 years since forever. doesn't make it true.
>
> Herb....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Digital Photography
>
> > What I've seen is just the opposite wrt to creating strong
> > photos and powerful images.
> > The overall quality of photographs has dropped substantially
> > in the past decade or so, and while digital cameras are not
> > the only reason for this, they are one of the prime
> > contributors. Do you know that there are people (and I bet
> > some are on this list - in fact, I KNOW some are on this
> > list) who have NEVER seen a gorgeous B&W silver print, whose
> > only exposure to photographs have been ink jet prints,
> > images from the web, photos appearing in magazines and
> > books, and color minilab prints made with consumer quality
> > (i.e., low quality) zoom lenses mounted on cameras using
> > automatic everything.
> >
> > While those things, individually, will not cause a drop in
> > quality, taken collectively, and in a climate where MORE
> > MORE MORE rather than BETTER BETTER BETTER is rampant,
> > quality will suffer. We are, because of automation and the
> > need for speed, entering the age of the generic photograph.
