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[photo-3d] No it won't


  • From: ELN/matmail <matmail2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [photo-3d] No it won't
  • Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 01:11:00 -0400

> 
> Not to keep beating a dead horse here, but... all things being equal, a CD
> will sound
> better than an LP.

Oh, the dead horse can take it I guess.  The reason this issue is relevant
is that it brings up an important point.  When you convert something analog
to something digital, whether it's an image or a sound, you are changing it
significantly.  Sure, the CD won't have as much noise as the LP and you'll
get pretty nice playback in a $70 portable disk player,  (is that what "all
things being equal refers to?)  but the fact is you're listening to a sound
that has been put through a brick wall filter, converted to numbers and then
converted back.  There is a reason why classical music fans haven't thrown
out their turntables.  They're not all crazy.  In the coming years we'll be
asked to embrace "perfect" digital imaging technology.  I'm the Fuji 370's
biggest fan, but I'll be using slide film in an old fashioned SLR for a long
time to come.  Jim Harp