Photographers and wannabe photographers should read this article and heed it. DSLRs are great if you are going to use them. Use them for real photography.
Unless you are going to make an event out of shooting photography, however, you are better off with a point and shoot. Most people I know want to whip out their camaera and get a shot of their trip/party/kid/someone else's kid/etc.. You should ask yourself how you plan to use the camera before you go for the SLR, because if you are buying a camera to 'take pictures' as oppose to buying one to 'shoot photography', an SLR is a waste of time, money, effort, and space. You will probably not use it and end up buying the point and shoot anyways.
What...you think I read the whole thing? That's not what being a member of the Slashbot Spelling Police is all about!!! It's about finding random mistakes and pouncing on them, all the while trying desparately not to make a typo of your own. There's no worse zooing than what you receive as an acting member of the spelling police and you make your own error aprehending a suspect.
Sounds Fun! In truth, I was hoping to revive the memories of sentence structure diagrams that are lying dormant somewhere deep in the neural pathways. Cest la vie:)
Yeah...people who worship Phish aren't mindless at their concerts. Stoned to the point theat they can hardle stand, but not mindless. The guys in the tie-die sarongs definitely had it together when they got dressed, too.
But Neal Schon was fantastic. Gotta give you that!
What this essentially states is that predators (which include virii) help to make prey stronger.
This could be argued by saying that in the absence of predators, there would be no need for prey to have a defense. Simple. But equally as stupid.
In computer terms, this translates to us needing security because of those that would exploit the lack of it. To say that security is better because of better criminals is stating the moronic obvious.
People will rise or fall to your level of expectations. Something I learned early in my management career. The same is true for people's needs...and by extentsion here the needs of their computer's security systems. Darwinism will always rule in a predatorial world, and only the security that can keep up with the criminals will survive.
Remember, kids...Eyes in the front means predator. Eyes on the side means prey.
I don't think anyone is suggesting such silliness, but if you own a firearm and lend it out (as someone suggested waaaaaay up the thread), you are not only responsible, but you are an idiot. This isn't the land of the McCoys and the MacGreggors any more. Owning a weapon is a commitment, and that commitment has some very stringent rules.
For example, in my state, if you are going to the gun club and have a weapon in your vehicle, you can't park the car and go into the store for a coke. That is negligence, and if you car were to be stolen and the gun used to commit a crime, you would be liable. It is your responsibility to transport that gun, attending it at all times, from your home to the club.
If you were car-jacked, that would be a different story. You weren't negligent, you were attacked. And, chances are if you have a gun and someone is car-jacking you, yours is in a box and theirs is probably pointed at you. Time to exit the vehicle and report to the police.
In the case of the RIAA, I think the terms of the incident are necessary to set the level of crime. If you allowed a buddy to use your computer, and they proceded to hack into Sony and do major damage to the musical asset library (just as an example), you should certainly have some responsibility. It's just a simple case of knowing that someone is using a tool that can be used in a harmful fashion, and knowing how that person will be using it.
This is amusing. I had to decide such a case once. A condo owner slipped on ice in their condo complex. The woman broke a bone and sued the management company. We were all like...It's february in Massachusetts. What are you doing walking on ice, you dummy.
Of course, the parties settled just before we came out with our decision for the defendant. Suckers.
While I tend to agree with you, negligence lawsuits carry an implication that a person did not take reasonable precaution against preventing a circumstance.
I have had the fun of being a juror on 2 such cases.
Locking your car is reasonable precaution. Leaving your car unlocked with your keys in the ignition isn't. The liability for such an oversight would also likely be minimal, as a jury would look at the circumstances, decide you were a dolt, and that God, or genetic code, or whatever had punished you enough. You'd pay some damages and be done.
I read the new book within 3 days of it's release, as I tend to do with just about any fantasy series I am interested and invested in. It was written well by my standards. In contrast with other fantasy fiction authors (see Robert Jordan), the Harry Potter books have improved with each release.
I read the first book again immediately after I finished Order of the Pheonix. It wasn't very good compared to the recent writing. What was good was the originality of the ideas. It's not Terry Goodkind ripping off Robert Jordan, who is really ripping off 14,000 myths and histories by boiling them into one story. Maybe she heard the word "muggle" somwhere and stole it. Maybe not, but the word isn't particularly significant. The whole wizardy subculture bit is really well done, her characters are interesting, and each of the plots (besides the whole hero beats villian bit) have been unique. People even die. Sure, the bad guys mostly make themselves out to be putzes in true Stormtrooper fashion, but occasionally they get in the lucky character killing shot.
Anyways, if she keeps improving with each book, it will be interesting to see what she does when Harry retires.
...and I do not dispute that it is more expensive to support a person in the military than someone on welfare...
If this were the case it would significantly cut down on the amount of money spent on maintaining the welfare system AND it would provide valued skill and training to these people that could be used to get jobs once their term was up.
Expand this concept to include a more "public service" type of spot for these people and they could contribute good things to society such as road work (for which labor always seems to be in short supply), help at police and fire stations, help in hospitals, and really the list could go on and on. Heck, how about training welfare recipients to run a federal daycare system, something that could benefit the taxpayers that are donating their weekly money through taxes?
I have been touting a "workfare" program in my circles for 10ish years. It seems that if you take the free out of the money people will respond and make an effort. Everyone likes to succeed and feel good about it. Some just need a bit of help to get there.
2. And a wheel. And they're all useful. And, no, I don't need to use keys with my mouse.
Get with it! OSX has been out for...sheesh...5 years now.
It's been interesting to see it since the beginning, and I still have a web server running on the original code. It has never crashed in 5 years. That's great uptime!
Pfah...If you're from Boston you should know that wicked would be properly inserted as accentuation by you when you agreed with me and not necessarily required in the originaly exclaimation.
You never owned an original Powerbook G3, aka Wallstreet, then, or it's successor, Pismo.
These were beautiful machines, both in form and function! I have a TiBook now, and it is nice and fast, but it isn't as pretty in the visual sense or the tactile sense as my old powerbook.
I would make similar arguements for all the Macs that came out from the blue and white G3 until the windtunnel model.
I am not as familiar with PC forms, but I have also seen a few nice gaming set-ups, from companies like Alien.
Interestingly enough, the type of corrections you are talking about (dodge and burn, selective corrections) fall into the category of altering the image. The corrections that apply to the entire curve for gamut and sharpness are a bit different.
I can do anything I want with an image if I go in and start picking off pieces one at a time. And you are right...this is bad and this is what was done to the OJ picture (guilty or innocent;)
Dude...This entire discussion has been based around printing and using images in printed news pieces. Just because you didn't say anything about it doesn't mean it wasn't one of the main concepts in the discussion.
I realize you mentioned online news sources...but it was "after the fact" , in your second post, and truly did not look like it was the focus of your post (which I really hoped it wasn't because the discussion was centered on preparing images for print).
Seeing as I have a Canon D60 and several other high end cameras ranging from $20k to $40k in value, and have done quitre a bit of preparing imaged for the web as well, I can tell you with some authority that these images still need some manipulation in order to post well on the web.
Think of it this way. If an image is going to be somewhat "illegible" in the format you are presenting it, and you cna increase that legibility without changing the content of the photo, you are doing your job.
I do apologize for what seemed like a slam directly at you. This crowd can be a frustrating one because everyone is an expert at everything. I try not to post in topics when I don't know anything about it and get frustrated when I have to joust with people in that fashion.
I am sorry, but you are incorrect in saying that requiring raw ccd captures isn't that unreasonable.
Raw CCD captures cannot be printed. They are not in the correct colorspace. The process of changing the color space affects the color. People that work in the field have to edit these images to get them to print properly.
I am tired of trying to explain this to people. It is how pictures are prepared for press. Not changed in any way other than to maximize printability as match the original as closely as possible in it's new colorspace. It is useless to try and explain to people that do not know what they are talking about AND refuse to listen to someone that does.
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Photographers and wannabe photographers should read this article and heed it. DSLRs are great if you are going to use them. Use them for real photography.
Unless you are going to make an event out of shooting photography, however, you are better off with a point and shoot. Most people I know want to whip out their camaera and get a shot of their trip/party/kid/someone else's kid/etc.. You should ask yourself how you plan to use the camera before you go for the SLR, because if you are buying a camera to 'take pictures' as oppose to buying one to 'shoot photography', an SLR is a waste of time, money, effort, and space. You will probably not use it and end up buying the point and shoot anyways.
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http://www.adamchance.com/funny.htm
is a better link
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja.ph p
Just in case you didn't get it...
HARRRRR!!!
I thought it a greater travesty that the Etch-a-Sketch ranked above the abacus than the Powerbook...
What...you think I read the whole thing? That's not what being a member of the Slashbot Spelling Police is all about!!! It's about finding random mistakes and pouncing on them, all the while trying desparately not to make a typo of your own. There's no worse zooing than what you receive as an acting member of the spelling police and you make your own error aprehending a suspect.
Get with it man! Read the whole thread...sheesh
Yes...but what does auger mean in this context? We all know what augur means...we're geeks.
And what do G5's have to do with boring holes in wood or ice, anyways? And how did we get onto snoblowers?
Sounds Fun! In truth, I was hoping to revive the memories of sentence structure diagrams that are lying dormant somewhere deep in the neural pathways. Cest la vie :)
Just ask those who worship Phish
Yeah...people who worship Phish aren't mindless at their concerts. Stoned to the point theat they can hardle stand, but not mindless. The guys in the tie-die sarongs definitely had it together when they got dressed, too.
But Neal Schon was fantastic. Gotta give you that!
Blues Traveller.
Yeah. And who needs spelling nazis when you have punctuation nazis.
Next up...the sentence structure nazis
What this essentially states is that predators (which include virii) help to make prey stronger.
This could be argued by saying that in the absence of predators, there would be no need for prey to have a defense. Simple. But equally as stupid.
In computer terms, this translates to us needing security because of those that would exploit the lack of it. To say that security is better because of better criminals is stating the moronic obvious.
People will rise or fall to your level of expectations. Something I learned early in my management career. The same is true for people's needs...and by extentsion here the needs of their computer's security systems. Darwinism will always rule in a predatorial world, and only the security that can keep up with the criminals will survive.
Remember, kids...Eyes in the front means predator. Eyes on the side means prey.
I don't think anyone is suggesting such silliness, but if you own a firearm and lend it out (as someone suggested waaaaaay up the thread), you are not only responsible, but you are an idiot. This isn't the land of the McCoys and the MacGreggors any more. Owning a weapon is a commitment, and that commitment has some very stringent rules.
For example, in my state, if you are going to the gun club and have a weapon in your vehicle, you can't park the car and go into the store for a coke. That is negligence, and if you car were to be stolen and the gun used to commit a crime, you would be liable. It is your responsibility to transport that gun, attending it at all times, from your home to the club.
If you were car-jacked, that would be a different story. You weren't negligent, you were attacked. And, chances are if you have a gun and someone is car-jacking you, yours is in a box and theirs is probably pointed at you. Time to exit the vehicle and report to the police.
In the case of the RIAA, I think the terms of the incident are necessary to set the level of crime. If you allowed a buddy to use your computer, and they proceded to hack into Sony and do major damage to the musical asset library (just as an example), you should certainly have some responsibility. It's just a simple case of knowing that someone is using a tool that can be used in a harmful fashion, and knowing how that person will be using it.
This is amusing. I had to decide such a case once. A condo owner slipped on ice in their condo complex. The woman broke a bone and sued the management company. We were all like...It's february in Massachusetts. What are you doing walking on ice, you dummy.
Of course, the parties settled just before we came out with our decision for the defendant. Suckers.
While I tend to agree with you, negligence lawsuits carry an implication that a person did not take reasonable precaution against preventing a circumstance.
I have had the fun of being a juror on 2 such cases.
Locking your car is reasonable precaution. Leaving your car unlocked with your keys in the ignition isn't. The liability for such an oversight would also likely be minimal, as a jury would look at the circumstances, decide you were a dolt, and that God, or genetic code, or whatever had punished you enough. You'd pay some damages and be done.
I read the new book within 3 days of it's release, as I tend to do with just about any fantasy series I am interested and invested in. It was written well by my standards. In contrast with other fantasy fiction authors (see Robert Jordan), the Harry Potter books have improved with each release.
I read the first book again immediately after I finished Order of the Pheonix. It wasn't very good compared to the recent writing. What was good was the originality of the ideas. It's not Terry Goodkind ripping off Robert Jordan, who is really ripping off 14,000 myths and histories by boiling them into one story. Maybe she heard the word "muggle" somwhere and stole it. Maybe not, but the word isn't particularly significant. The whole wizardy subculture bit is really well done, her characters are interesting, and each of the plots (besides the whole hero beats villian bit) have been unique. People even die. Sure, the bad guys mostly make themselves out to be putzes in true Stormtrooper fashion, but occasionally they get in the lucky character killing shot.
Anyways, if she keeps improving with each book, it will be interesting to see what she does when Harry retires.
...and I do not dispute that it is more expensive to support a person in the military than someone on welfare...
If this were the case it would significantly cut down on the amount of money spent on maintaining the welfare system AND it would provide valued skill and training to these people that could be used to get jobs once their term was up.
Expand this concept to include a more "public service" type of spot for these people and they could contribute good things to society such as road work (for which labor always seems to be in short supply), help at police and fire stations, help in hospitals, and really the list could go on and on. Heck, how about training welfare recipients to run a federal daycare system, something that could benefit the taxpayers that are donating their weekly money through taxes?
I have been touting a "workfare" program in my circles for 10ish years. It seems that if you take the free out of the money people will respond and make an effort. Everyone likes to succeed and feel good about it. Some just need a bit of help to get there.
All right...you are smarter than I am.
Then again, I need to use a keyboard to do that in windoze as well...
2. And a wheel. And they're all useful. And, no, I don't need to use keys with my mouse.
Get with it! OSX has been out for...sheesh...5 years now.
It's been interesting to see it since the beginning, and I still have a web server running on the original code. It has never crashed in 5 years. That's great uptime!
Pfah...If you're from Boston you should know that wicked would be properly inserted as accentuation by you when you agreed with me and not necessarily required in the originaly exclaimation.
sheesh.
"They-ah Smaaht!"
You never owned an original Powerbook G3, aka Wallstreet, then, or it's successor, Pismo.
These were beautiful machines, both in form and function! I have a TiBook now, and it is nice and fast, but it isn't as pretty in the visual sense or the tactile sense as my old powerbook.
I would make similar arguements for all the Macs that came out from the blue and white G3 until the windtunnel model.
I am not as familiar with PC forms, but I have also seen a few nice gaming set-ups, from companies like Alien.
Interestingly enough, the type of corrections you are talking about (dodge and burn, selective corrections) fall into the category of altering the image. The corrections that apply to the entire curve for gamut and sharpness are a bit different.
;)
I can do anything I want with an image if I go in and start picking off pieces one at a time. And you are right...this is bad and this is what was done to the OJ picture (guilty or innocent
Dude...This entire discussion has been based around printing and using images in printed news pieces. Just because you didn't say anything about it doesn't mean it wasn't one of the main concepts in the discussion.
I realize you mentioned online news sources...but it was "after the fact" , in your second post, and truly did not look like it was the focus of your post (which I really hoped it wasn't because the discussion was centered on preparing images for print).
Seeing as I have a Canon D60 and several other high end cameras ranging from $20k to $40k in value, and have done quitre a bit of preparing imaged for the web as well, I can tell you with some authority that these images still need some manipulation in order to post well on the web.
Think of it this way. If an image is going to be somewhat "illegible" in the format you are presenting it, and you cna increase that legibility without changing the content of the photo, you are doing your job.
I do apologize for what seemed like a slam directly at you. This crowd can be a frustrating one because everyone is an expert at everything. I try not to post in topics when I don't know anything about it and get frustrated when I have to joust with people in that fashion.
I am sorry, but you are incorrect in saying that requiring raw ccd captures isn't that unreasonable.
Raw CCD captures cannot be printed. They are not in the correct colorspace. The process of changing the color space affects the color. People that work in the field have to edit these images to get them to print properly.
I am tired of trying to explain this to people. It is how pictures are prepared for press. Not changed in any way other than to maximize printability as match the original as closely as possible in it's new colorspace. It is useless to try and explain to people that do not know what they are talking about AND refuse to listen to someone that does.
Welcome to Slashdot.