But what about the images captured by silicon chips but are printed on photographic paper?
I know a lab that provides such prints. DagT > Fra: "Bob Rapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I like that Cotty!!! You have widened the gap that was preniously only > nanometer apart (according to some)! > > Well done, Cotty, well done! > > Bob Rapp > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:16 PM > Subject: Re: Agfa Competition > > > > >Hmmm.... Can any digital print be called a "Photograph"? Perhaps a > "Digital > > >Image" would be more appropriate! > > > > Oxford Pocket says: > > > > Photograph: > > Picture taken by means of a chemical action of light on sensitive film. > > > > With this as a baseline, it would be ultimately wrong to call an inkjet > > print from a digital camera image a 'photograph' because the original was > > not 'taken by means of a chemical action of light on sensitive film'. > > > > UNLESS we are describing the light-sensitive digital sensor as a 'film' > > (EG '... there was a thin film of oil covering her golden writhing > > body...') viz: '...the camera had an electronic device inside it that > > had a film of material on it capable of retaining an image captured > > through the lens...' > > > > HOWEVER if we ignore this as spiltting hairs and stick with the Oxford > > definition, and a digital image on an inkjet print therefore cannot be > > called a 'photograph', then what of an inkjet print made from a scan of a > > 35mm negative - still inkjet but now called a photograph? > > > > IF THIS argument is followed to the letter, then 'photograph' clearly is > > the wrong name. I suggest something like 'digigraph' to demark the > > origination of the image - (..I took this photograph on my MX, and this > > digigraph on my D60, nyuk nyuk nyuk...) > > > > THIS HABIT of capitalising the first two words of each sentence is now > > tiresome and I will stop. > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > > _____________________________ > > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > > > > >
