ltatko

Technical Image Press Assoc.

Google works!!


Len

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

But what does that actually entail? Pics of Surgeries, Army Tanks or Main Frame Computers or something?

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Whenever I wonder about the meaning of an ACRONYM, I don't sit back and hope someone might tell me the meaning. I use google and figure it out for myself.

bleirer

Rhetorical question I guess. What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Najataagihe

Clap like a musician and discover for yourself.


For those of you unfamiliar with orchestral musicians, you applaud by clapping your knee with the hand not holding your instrument.

True, some members of the Wire Choir will sometimes tap their bow on the music stand, but that is not good for the bow, especially considering that some of those things cost more than one of my trombones!

(My trombones cost between $1000 and $5000. Bows can run twice that. And you thought good cameras were expensive!)

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

I'm sorry, Itatko, I don’t understand why you bothered to create this topic. Is it that you’re trying to send a message to those members who post comments/questions and don’t think to use an Internet Search Engine FIRST under ANY circumstances?!!

If I’m correct, please understand that I’m not mocking you; rather, I would ascribe you’re action as being, at best, one of wishful thinking. Just examine the demographics of the membership, especially for age and education. Secondly, ARE YOU AWARE that some acronyms and unpronounceable capitalized initials have more than one definition?

Yup, and sometimes the context provided by the author of the "alphabet soup," as I label it, is unclear. OMG, and then there’s a third category which relates to the naïve simplistic faith that any ISE (or did you mean Google.com EXCLUSIVELY?) will always be able to "decode" any alphabet soup?

Before I give an example denying such a belief, DO YOU know what ISE in the preceding paragraph stands for? Well, Google will give you the answer, right? Hmm, let’s see! Was I referring to "Identity Services Engine"?

No, and that wouldn’t make any sense in this context, would it? Oh, I know!! I was referring to an Internet Search Engine ... of course!! Wasn’t that incredibly obvious to you? No?

How about other members? Well actually, it’s not obvious at all for at least two reasons: A. I just made this acronym up (wasn’t that idiosyncratic of me and do you believe no other member of this photography forum would ever do this?); and B. I FAILED (NOT "I didn’t") to introduce this group of capitalized letters ALONGSIDE its definition explicitly spelled out!

How could I have easily prevented this? Let’s go back to the second sentence of the first paragraph of my response. ALL I had to do was ADD the following after the three words "Internet Search Engine": (ISE). Oh my, isn’t that simple?

Now back to negating the belief that Google is omniscient. But first, please clear the recent searches using that app on your device. Now let’s employ an acronym I’ve seen bandied about in this forum for a few years: IBIS.

Go ahead, type it in to Google. Here’s what I got that you should also have obtained: https://www.google.com/search?q=ibis . For those who don’t want to take the time to check this URL, you’ll find all sorts of results on the bird, Ibis, followed by this word as the name for a Hotel chain, a Medical specialty clinic, a Consulting firm, etc. (And yes, I pressed the "More Results" twice and didn’t find much else.)

WAIT A MOMENT! Google's ISE utterly FAILED to find any mention of "Image Stabilization" in that Search? Incroyable!

But when I entered "In-Body Image Stabilization," it was magic! Yessir, I saw the acronym IBIS in the 5th result. Uh-oh, wait a minute! Wasn’t the purpose of my search to find out what IBIS stands for?

Well, Itatko, I do thank you for posting this, since it gave me an opportunity to expand on my one of my pet peeves, writers who employ alphabet soups without even a passing thought of defining them.*

lev29

* - Yes, I am aware that we photographers do share a number of acronyms here and I’m not suggesting that one should define them all when posting a comment, but as a consequence, there will exist some readers who are left out of the discussion. Perhaps those members, before inquiring explicitly, could TRY to employ an ISE first, and then should it fail to enlighten them, post an inquiry prefaced by a statement that the tried before asking?
😎

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Precisely what I thought, bleirer! But after posting my lengthy response to Itatko's first post, I realized it’s possible that he is merely employing the rhetorical question as a means of introducing the organization referred to TIPA.

I suppose that’s a legitimate form of introduction, but I dislike it for its obvious ambiguity.

bleirer

So.... how is that social distancing going?

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I'd suggest some distancing from the computer too ...

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

This is an excerpt for Wiki. What is of interest is a list of all the photographic publications in their membership.




Technical Image Press Association
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Technical Image Press Association
Abbreviation TIPA
Formation April 16, 1991 (28 years ago)[where?]
Founded at [data unknown/missing]
Type International nongovernmental organization
Purpose Trade association
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40.4501°N 3.7726°WCoordinates: 40.4501°N 3.7726°W
Region
Worldwide
Membership
Photography and imaging magazines
Official language
English
Chairman
Thomas Gerwers
Main organ
Board of directors
Website tipa.com
The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA)[1] is an international, non-profit association advocating the interests of the photography and imaging magazine-publishing industry.

The association represents 30 titles, published in eight European countries and seven non-European countries.


Contents
1 History
2 Activities
3 Member magazines
4 Administration
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
History
The organization was established in 1991 as an association of European photography and imaging magazines. Since 2009, members have joined from outside of Europe.[2]

Activities
Each year, the editors of the member magazines vote for the best products introduced to the market during the previous twelve months, taking into account innovation, cutting-edge technology, design, ease-of-use and the price to performance ratio of the products.[3]

TIPA holds its awards ceremony every second year[4] at Photokina, a biennial trade fair for the photographic and imaging industries.

Member magazines
The member magazines that form TIPA are:

Camera – Australia
FHOX – Brazil
Photo Life – Canada
Photo Solution – Canada
Chinese Photography – China
Fisheye [fr] – France
Réponses Photo [fr] – France
digit! – Germany
Foto Hits Magazin – Germany
INPHO Imaging and Business – Germany
Photo Presse – Germany
Photographie [de] – Germany
ProfiFoto [de] – Germany
Photo Business – Greece
Photographos – Greece
Fotó Magazin – Hungary
Better Photography – India
Fotografia Reflex – Italy
FOTOgraphia – Italy
Fotografie F+D – Netherlands
Fotovisie – Netherlands
P/f Professionele Fotografie – Netherlands
PiX Magazine – South Africa
FV / Foto-Vídeo Actualidad – Spain
Digital Photo – United Kingdom
Practical Photography – United Kingdom
Professional Photo – United Kingdom
pdn – United States
Rangefinder – United States
Shutterbug – United States
Affiliate member
Camera Journal Press Club – Japan
Administration
TIPA is supported by a board of directors and a secretariat based in Madrid, Spain. The board is elected by members at a general meeting held every year.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

I assume you are referring to me, CHG_CANON.
Yes, you may be on to something there, but I am, physically, living alone, I have the time, and at worst my lengthy post was a form of blogging. Go figure 😎.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Literally, pretty well, thank you.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Well, this extensive cut-and-paste IS a legitimate answer to the posted Topic title! But given Itatko's first post, it’s unclear, at least to me, whether your response is what he was looking for. But no, you didn’t fail to communicate, as now I know something more than the definition of one more acronym. 👍🏼

ltatko

Stop the music!!

I didn't know what TIPA was. Simple question to get enlightend!!

Len