FPGA VAX update

[Scott Stevens]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:07:10 +0000
Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

> Tony Duell wrote:
> 
> > I've come to the conclusion, based on digital TV, digital photography, 
> > digital radio, etc, that when 'digital' is applied to a consumer product, 
> > the result is a reduction in quality.
> 
> One point I'd take issue with is about digital photography.  Go and 
> compare photos taken with an el-cheapo point-and-shoot digital camera 
> and an equivalent 35mm compact.  *Then* tell me there's not *some* 
> improvement ;-)
> 
> Gordon.

At that level of photography, it is the lens that limits the quality.  And the lens quality of the cheap point-and-shoot digital cameras is about the same as that on the cheap film cameras.

Perhaps the fact that many shots on the digital camera often disappear silently, never being printed, is an improvement. 


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