On 11 Feb 2004 at 8:22, John Coyle wrote: > Interesting that the justice system should now be questioning the move to > digital for evidence. For years, I understood that a (film-based) > photograph would not be admitted unless the negative was also available to > support any print offered to the court as part of an argument, or that an > affidavit was sworn as to it's genuineness. > Now perhaps digital evidence will only be accepted in Raw format? Is this > incapable of alteration, or can it too be manipulated?
A digital image in raw format could be edited at a pixel level as could date/time and EXIF info just like a film photo can be scanned, digitally manipulated and written back to film with no telltale signs. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
