Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] NPR comments on photography, Now video grabs
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Apr 20 17:50:24 2007
References: <a3f189160704201322j3dd36fcdn6481ad54a596f525@mail.gmail.com> <C24E9AEF.54575%mark@rabinergroup.com> <200704202032.l3KKWjH3029097@smtprh02.spirittelecom.com> <161EE36B-35B4-4E4A-A9DE-D1107EA34986@comcast.net> <200704202119.l3KLJkgQ029190@smtprh01.spirittelecom.com> <B1E243CE-D575-4DB7-B567-A38E018E2230@cox.net> <46295336.4090001@mcclary.net>
 
At 07:56 PM 4/20/2007, you wrote:
>Actually...I see one good thing may come with this transition of the 
>newspapers to vididiots.  We still news shooters who shoot for 
>agencies will have less competition from them now.  No longer will 
>good still images be fed to AP/REUTER and the like from newspapers, 
>our still images from still cameras should be of a better resolution 
>for use in the better reproduction than newsprint toilet paper.
>Harrison McClary

I wish, Harrison, but they don't seem to care about resolution or 
quality any more.  Have you seen the grainy, awful video grabs they 
are using on the front page?  And even photos shot off of the TV and 
credited in the byline to the TV station!!  What an awful mess!

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
http://www.tinamanley.com
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