Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The Directness of Film
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:10:58 +0200
 
From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@mediaone.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:20
Subject: RE: [Leica] The Directness of Film


> Ought a court hold a digital image of a crime scene to
> the same standard as a photographic image?

No.  Digital images can be protected against forgery; film images cannot.

> Digital images are wonderful but they are easily
> manipulated and hence do not offer the same approximation
> of reality.

If they are digitally signed, they cannot be manipulated at all.

  -- Anthony