> Here is a quote: "For serious things I use film, although digital is getting so good and it's so much easier to use I'm getting lazy and shooting less film. I print magnificent 12 x 18" prints at Costco for $2.99 from my digicams all the time. " > What does that statement mean? Does this person know that the fine quality he sees is perhaps not as good as it would have been if he used a large format camera and a decent lab? Does it really matter? It's encompassed in the one word "doublethink" coined by George Orwell. It has a lot to do with perception as well: to the person making that statement it is absolutely true. They are not fooling themselves, what thier brain sees when they look at the image is not any simple 1:1 scientific analysis. From my experiences a few months back using a borrowed digi-compact to take some candids at a party. Most of the pictures (indoor, low light) were crap. But the parents were so impressed they got 8 by 10's printed of thier little girls. When they look at the pictures they SEE thier kids. All I see is the blur, lack of focus and sharp trees in the distant background. I'm looked at as mad when I have the temerity to suggest they are not perfect. The fact is, to them the pictures are perfect because thier brains see what they see. Arguments about resolution, colour fidelity etc really don't exist. Bob
