[photo-3d] C.G. vs. real

[Pgottfried@xxxxxxx]

I do not agree with those that pupu digital photography.  every medium has 
its strong and weak points.  I do agree however, that if a contest is for 
stereo photography and limited to slides, digitally manipulated images should 
not be allowed.  This should also go for any out of camera work in the dark 
room.  To me a stereo slide should be shot, developed and mounted with no 
special darkroom tricks (except maybe a push when developing the roll or a 
duplicate).  So if you use a digital camera and only layout the images for 
output to slide film (same as mounting the chips) then it is ok, but if you 
color correct or composite images it is a no no.  Some digital cameras have a 
feature that can verify that the image is the original digital capture since 
many forensic labs are moving to digital due to the long term cost savings.  

If the competion includes images manipulated in a darkroom (i.e. manipulated 
copies of the original capture) then a digital darkroom should be allowed as 
well as a digital camera or a virtual camera as is the case when ray tracing. 
 Although the skill set is slightly different you still need to know good 
lighting and composition to make a good picture.

Most things that are done digitally use to be done analog.  I liked my 
darkroom when I was a kid but I would not go back to it now that i can do the 
same thing digitally.  My imaging projects are for fun as well as profit and 
I could not afford to process ten rolls of film each week.  It takes too much 
time and materials to do it the analog way to make a profit.