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Re: [OM] Future is closer than you think

Subject: Re: [OM] Future is closer than you think
From: Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 15:20:42 +0100
In article , John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Some of the recent press (and advice on tech type tv shows) on digital is
getting annoying:  you need stabilizer circuitry in the camera to avoid
camera shake, no one mentions using a tripod, leaning to a higher shutter
speed or just plain  holding it steady.    Never mind that people are taught
to hold the camera a foot away from their face and use the lcd for
composition.

John, don't get mad, get even - let them compare their results to photos from your antediluvian OMs. ;-)

Most of this hype is put out just to encourage people to buy the newest model, not to get the best image. Its like the megapixel wars - there is precious difference between 3Mpix and 4Mpix results, especially when the pixels are too small for the optics to resolve them. Not all pixels are the same, but the numbers game used by the media is based on the false assumption that they are.

Things have got a lot worse over time, of course - in PT Barnum's time there was just one sucker born every minute, now there are an awful lot more than that!
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers

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