My camera is 12MP which produces a 5-7MB jpeg. If you are in the field you can't email that in seconds, so they will at least size the file down for web display, and if they want to print it, then they'll request the larger version.
Simple Crops are also not frowned upon, unless of course they remove something from the image is needed to tell the story. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Gone too far > > What I don't understand is how this gets through in the first place. > Almost > all modern journalists shoot on digital for speed reasons (your shot can > be > emailed to the office seconds after you take it, no waiting for > processing). > > All high end digital cameras have the ability to insert authenticity info > into the images that can be checked to see if the image has been altered > in > any way. Since ANY image manipulation is against journalistic rules (even > "in camera" sharpening is frowned upon) I don't understand why the news > agencies don't just check the file and reject any images not displaying > the > "original decision data" (as Canon call it). > > -- > Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
