Re: Multi-Spectral Imagery to Detect Deterioration

[East75th <east75th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Byard:

One of the things I'm waiting for in "pro" digital cameras is that the 
manufacturers make them open systems in that they allow the photographer to 
write and use his own exposure software.

Dane

At 10:22 PM 4/12/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Designers of digicams are trying to equal or surpass film images...if you
>look at today's popular films, most are boosted in contrast and saturation,
>especially consumer films.
>Years ago, I remember using Agfachromes, because to me they seemed most
>natural, then switching to Fujichromes because Agfa had become...yep, over
>saturated.
>I'm still using old Fuji RDP that's been in the fridge for years...when it
>runs out, I'll have to find something to replace it, and have a feeling that
>everything being made will be boosted.
>Maybe by then 12 megapixel cameras will be available and affordable???
>
>on 04/12/2002 10:49 AM, East75th at east75th@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> > Bill:
> > I hope you noticed the other theme of the story: that a truly objective
> > method would result in images that are deemed to be flat and unappealing
> > and thus unlikely to attract widespread commercial application.  His
> > methods are likely to remain an academic pursuit.  The implication of the
> > article is that current color reproductive processes are largely normative,
> > perhaps unconsciously so, in that technicians produce images as they think
> > they should appear, generally with boosted contrast and saturation, rather
> > than how they actually appear.  To many of us, this is more confirmation
> > than revelation.
> >
> > It seems to me that digital cameras could omit these subjective biases, but
> > I wonder if the designers deliberately program them into the software to
> > make the results more acceptable if less accurate?

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