Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the other hand, maybe there's just too much information about this era, and its predecessor. Who's to say that this isn't a natural process of attrition so that the subsequent period doesn't become bog down with our historical baggage and its minutiae. I don't know of any other time in history that the demotic experience has been allowed to run so rampant. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] PJ standards -- Like Caesar's wife >Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2003, 9:01 AM > > You don't understand the value to a news organization of going digital > because you have not been part of a daily news organization. The saving > in time and money is, ultimately, huge. And, forget the money, the > savings in time is particularly important. Going digital means being > able to sanely shoot closer to deadline - and it does not degrade the > final product. Additionally, for all the moaning and debate here about > the longevity of digital files, it is not only a good bet, it's a sure > thing, that the NYT will convert its digital photo files from media to > media, making them accessible far into the future; you're not talking > here about some photo hobbiest at his home in Akron, with his home PC > that he may not update in time to preserve his own archives. > > B. D. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html