I rarely watch videos. They take too long fro the payoff. The still mode will endure simply because there's no real reason to remove it, just as many cameras now clearly aimed at still photographers have video. It's just too easy to leave this capability in the electronics. Now, it is possible that cameras will start to be optimized for video, and that would be a real change.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26/8/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>The goal of early photography was to capture a moment in time, it took >>the technology a while to allow it. To say that because it took several >>minutes to capture that moment because of technical limitations, early >>photography has something in common with video is somewhat of a stretch. >>Don't Bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me. >> >>Video makes no pretensions that way, never has, never will. >>To me, the sea change isn't still or video, it is how we look at images. >>The vast majority of images now are viewed on monitors. The monitor >>doesn't care if the image is moving or not, however people want instant >>gratification. >>Video really doesn't give them that the same way a discreet image does. >>A 10 minute exposure to make a single image is, in effect, a moment in time. >>A 10 minute video is, in effect, a waste of 10 minutes unless the person >>actually knows something about shooting video, and most people don't. > > This man knows what he is talking about! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
