Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I would LOVE to see my pictures 'stolen' thanks to the web. Those that i want to make money with, I will of course not publish through that medium, except, maybe, in thumbnail form. But the others, like those on my (crying to be updated) web site, I would feel so flattered to see them used elsewhere. I simply wish I had a better scanner in order to make them more desirable to the 'picture thieves' ;-) Alan Jim Brick wrote: > > You all should be warned against publishing hi-res photographs on the web. > They are up for grabs to anyone who wants them. Keep the resolution low > (find a fit between good looks and low resolution) to keep your copyrighted > original photograph out of the hands of thieves. > > Jim > > At 04:59 AM 2/3/99 +0100, you wrote: > >Andrew Nemeth wrote: > >> >It is also largely good enough for web publication. > >> > >> No offense to Mr Ball, but why do people assume that the www > >> is some crap, lowest-possible-common-denominator-will-do medium? > >> Do people shoot on super-8 because it is 'only' for TV? Do > >> people shoot stills onto miniDisc because it is 'only' for > >> advertising? > >> Garbage in/ garbage out. If you want a high quality site then > >> you use high quality images. And digital capture just doesn't > >> cut it in a cost-effective way. Not yet. ;^) > > > >Super-8 (film) is/was not crap. > > > >Back to the point: high quality web publishing is achievable today > >through any of the 'megapixel' mid-range, consumer oriented digital > >still cameras. Try this: > >http://www.nikonusa.com/products/imaging/digitalgallery/moosebird.html > > > >I insist that this is web publishing, not an alternative to print out > >high quality enlargements. > > > >For the rest, I agree with you. > > > >I have no wish and no need to jump into the digital bandwagon today > >because of all the reasons that have been mentionned in this thread. The > >only disagreement in this discussion was about the time line needed to > >get to the point where digital will take over the 35mm SLR (and RF) > >marketplace. Jim says 50 years, I say less than 10. This has > >consequences on the way we plan investments today. I sure hope Leica > >will start giving clearer signals as to the evolution agenda for the M > >and R lines on the matter... > > > >Alan > >