RE: digital for $

2004-02-05 Thread Len Paris
home office from anywhere in the world, no matter how remote. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -Original Message- > From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: digital for $ >

Re: digital for $

2004-02-05 Thread Bob W
Hi, > It's definitely a money issue. No more chemicals, no more processor > maintenance, no more film expenses. And in newspaper photography, > where we used a 180 dpi resolution for photos but could go to 150 dpi > without any noticeable difference, quality was never the top > consideration.

Re: digital for $

2004-02-05 Thread Joe Wilensky
I worked for The Ithaca Journal, a small (20,000 circulation) daily, for five years up through 2001. The photo department went fully digital after I left, but I agree with the money vs. speed argument. While the additional speed available on deadline is nice, the vast majority of photos for the

Re: Digital for Newscoverage - BBC Article

2001-10-29 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, I was going to post that link under the subject 'Something to argue about'. Anyway, here's another link that's relevant: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue9807/editorial.htm --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, October 29, 2001, 12:40:32 PM, you wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/

Re: Digital for Newscoverage - BBC Article

2001-10-29 Thread postmaster
Tom Rittenhouse wrote: >If editor's still demand lots of shots to chose from, as most do, the whole >argument is moot. Besides those slide photographers throw out more slides >than they keep. Then there is the question of accessablity, do photos stored >in a box in my attic add anything to the re

Re: Digital for Newscoverage - BBC Article

2001-10-29 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
If editor's still demand lots of shots to chose from, as most do, the whole argument is moot. Besides those slide photographers throw out more slides than they keep. Then there is the question of accessablity, do photos stored in a box in my attic add anything to the record of history? The whole

Re: Digital for MACRO

2001-04-27 Thread Leon Altoff
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 06:51:04 -0700 (PDT), petit miam wrote: >What depth of field? Where? Why do you want DOF in >macro shots anyway? I like my subject to stand out >from the out-of-focus background. >You certainly haven't convinced me. I'm going to stick >with my analogue cameras for a very long

Re: Digital for MACRO

2001-04-27 Thread petit miam
What depth of field? Where? Why do you want DOF in macro shots anyway? I like my subject to stand out from the out-of-focus background. You certainly haven't convinced me. I'm going to stick with my analogue cameras for a very long time. Jody. > I'm not much of a fan of the current digital came