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The Difference Between Film and Digital Photography (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the photographer-matters-more-than-the-camera dept.

Sally Wiener Grotta and her husband Daniel wrote some of the first books and articles about digital photography. Sally was an award-winning photographer in film days, and has maintained her reputation in the digital imaging age. In this interview, she talks about how to buy a digital camera -- including the radical idea that most people really don't need to spend more than $200 to take quality photos. (We had some bandwidth problems while doing this remote interview, but the sound is clear so we decided to run it "as is" rather than try to remake the video and lose the original's spontaneity.)

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  1. It was better when it was wrong. by durrr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read that as "The Difference Between Film and Digital Pornography (Video)"

    1. Re:It was better when it was wrong. by durrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Grotta is not a particularly innocent word either. I'll quote the first sentence of the swedish wikipedia article after passing it through google translate.
      "A [Grotta] is a natural cavity, large enough for a man to penetrate in."

    2. Re:It was better when it was wrong. by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 1, Funny

      Dude, the NSA repository has a copy of EVERYONE'S pornography!
      Nothing is worse than that... but it was a pretty cool place to work until they told us to stop downloading stuff to our phones.

      --
      You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
  2. Oblig by djbckr · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/1014/