Title: with all due respect to Mr. Cohen
Product review: With all due respect, Mr. Cohen, there is no photography without manipulation. The lens used, where one chooses to point it, the depth of field chosen, the film used, how digital files are processed, and as you say, "cropping," are all subjective interpretations. The only way to purely record nature's beauty is to look at and remember it. The moment it is recorded by an instrument by a human being, the image becomes subjective and interpretive and its purity is gone. It's the nature of the process.And it is a fact that the quality of cameras and lenses used directly affect the quality of the file. P&S; cameras with IS really can't hold a candle to a more professional system.
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