Bob W wrote:
That is precisely the question - what is a snapshot? If there were an agreed
definition we wouldn't be discussing it. In my opinion it has nothing to do
with the equipment you use.
I can't believe this discussion has gone on as long as it has. What a
bunch of nitpicking quibblers we are.
from various dictionaries on the net:
1. A photograph taken with a small hand-held camera.
2. An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
3. A casual photograph taken without any particular pre-arrangement,
often of every day events
4. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "snapshot" was
first used in 1808 by an English sportsman by the name of Sir Henry
Hawker. He noted in his diary that almost every bird he shot that day
was taken by snapshot, meaning a hurried shot, taken without deliberate
aim. Snapshot then was originally a hunting term.
5. term once used to describe a photograph taken with the I
(instantaneous) setting on cameras. The term originally came from rifle
shooting, when little or no time is allowed for aiming
6. A quick casual image, typically taken handheld by an amateur with a
Point & Shoot camera
What in the world was the I setting on cameras? An early fast shutter
speed wide open aperture setting?
Tom Reese
