2009/2/28 Graydon <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 01:21:02PM +0900, David Savage scripsit: >> That's the process Paul. The more accurate comparison would be: >> viewing photos on screen (monitor or digital picture frame) or in >> print. >> >> Which do you prefer? > > For what purpose?
It's not a trick question. When viewing photographs do you prefer to look at pictures on a monitor or in print? Every time I pick up a print that I've just made, and the recent PDML annual, reinforce my preferred choice of image display media. > I have 15,043 DNG files from the K20D. > > No way do I want to print all of them, but I did and do want to be able > to look at all of them. > > Some very small fraction (maybe 10) I think might be worth printing in a > "someone else might care about this" sort of way. A larger fraction > (maybe 50) have been printed because I have some personal reason (the > subject, non-electronic distribution to senior family) to do so. > > Something like 500 have been blogged. > > Nothing to do with "a good print is a better image" and lots to do with > time and resource management, and more to do with not needing an optimal > reproduction of any of those images. > > [snip] >> IMO, people just like looking at hard copy prints. You can sit in a >> circle with family & friends and deal them out like playing cards, and >> tell the story behind the shot, or the person/people in the shot. It's >> a much more sociable way than just emailing the file or link to the >> same group of family/friends. > > But you're old. Yes, I'm an old 31. DS :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
