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.
