At 04:57 AM 05/16/2001, you wrote: > > Yes, but no: the same with a lot better quality can be achieved now just by > > cropping the center of a picture and magnifying it. Scan your slides > with a good > > scanner and magnify - voila: you have a 855mm (or whatever) equivalent. > >But IMHO that is missing the point of digital. I like digital because: (a) >I don't waste time and money developing and printing photos intended for >digital uses; and (b) scanning takes a lot of time. As with many things, there's a compromise here. Maximum quality comes from scanned transparencies. Maximum convenience comes from digital cameras. For some, the point of digital is to get the image into the computer so you can PhotoShop it beyond all recognition. "Yous pays yer money and yous takes yer choice. " -- regards, Henry Posner Director of Sales and Training B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc. http://www.bhphotovideo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
