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The Rat
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Posted - 03/31/2013 :  05:29:17  Show Profile  Visit The Rat's Homepage Send The Rat a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Pictures by Steve McCurry, with the last roll of Kodachrome ever made by Kodak. I miss that film.


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Kil
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Posted - 03/31/2013 :  11:40:16   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by The Rat


Pictures by Steve McCurry, with the last roll of Kodachrome ever made by Kodak. I miss that film.


I have a 35mm Cannon Eos sitting here collecting dust. I do think that 35mm film can still do things that digital can't in the way that analog recordings have a different quality to them than digital does. Warmer, for lack of a better term.

Oh well...

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ThorGoLucky
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Posted - 04/01/2013 :  13:56:49   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit ThorGoLucky's Homepage Send ThorGoLucky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thus marks the end of recorded history, as every image afterwards will become a digitally-edited lie. :p
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The Rat
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Posted - 04/01/2013 :  15:34:38   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit The Rat's Homepage Send The Rat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by ThorGoLucky

Thus marks the end of recorded history, as every image afterwards will become a digitally-edited lie. :p



Let's hope not, but it makes me wonder: will courts begin to refuse to allow evidence in the form of digital images? It's so easy these days to manipulate something into an image that's so realistic it boggles the mind.


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The Rat
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Posted - 04/01/2013 :  15:37:44   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit The Rat's Homepage Send The Rat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Kil


I have a 35mm Cannon Eos sitting here collecting dust. I do think that 35mm film can still do things that digital can't in the way that analog recordings have a different quality to them than digital does. Warmer, for lack of a better term.

Oh well...
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Don't know how things have progressed, but I believe that at one time there was a shade of blue that was physically impossible to render with digital images.

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Siberia
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Posted - 04/01/2013 :  18:00:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by The Rat

Originally posted by ThorGoLucky

Thus marks the end of recorded history, as every image afterwards will become a digitally-edited lie. :p



Let's hope not, but it makes me wonder: will courts begin to refuse to allow evidence in the form of digital images? It's so easy these days to manipulate something into an image that's so realistic it boggles the mind.


It's not that simple. As someone who actually does digital manipulation - realistic blending and modification is still quite hard to accomplish for someone who hasn't spent hours upon hours practicing how and yes, someone who does it well will notice the mistakes of a less-skilled manipulator.

Of course, as it becomes cheaper/easier to do so, more people will become better at it...

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