What is the value of a digital photo?
Oct 14, 2023 12:39:45 #
burkphoto wrote:
Excellent answer thank you for taking the time to post now head over and have some of Paul’s pancakes! img src="https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/images/s... (show quote)
Oct 14, 2023 12:47:44 #
Canisdirus wrote:
Easily answered...
Film images...Iso 400...36 exposures...5 pack...180 shots...$50.00 (Amazon)...PLUS developing costs.
Digital...tens of thousands of shots for the price of a card...and you can usually take 1000 images before having to swap out your 'film'.
Not even close.
Film images...Iso 400...36 exposures...5 pack...180 shots...$50.00 (Amazon)...PLUS developing costs.
Digital...tens of thousands of shots for the price of a card...and you can usually take 1000 images before having to swap out your 'film'.
Not even close.
And the image exists as a file, no scanning required.
Oct 14, 2023 13:10:28 #
lensmaster
Loc: Chicago
what is AIR worth???
Why is a Picasso worth more than a KLEE? Why is an original MOZART music chart worth more than both of those??
Why is a sandwich $6 at one location, and $15 at another?
A 'digital' photo of a box of rocks is worthless UNLESS someone needs a photo of a box of rocks. The DIGITAL format description/label means absolutely nothing in terms of value.
Why is a Picasso worth more than a KLEE? Why is an original MOZART music chart worth more than both of those??
Why is a sandwich $6 at one location, and $15 at another?
A 'digital' photo of a box of rocks is worthless UNLESS someone needs a photo of a box of rocks. The DIGITAL format description/label means absolutely nothing in terms of value.
Oct 14, 2023 13:20:08 #
JD750 wrote:
...What is the value of a digital image?
I'm left wondering what inspired that question. Were you by any chance contemplating that there are billions of photos (the eponymous "digital images") sitting in hard drives, SSDs, USB sticks etc throughout the world, and were you saddened by the thought that most of them will just stay there unprinted and many of them will remain unviewed for the rest of their existence?
That leaves some that will be viewed occasionally by the owner, some that will be shared electronically and some that will be printed. And did you in your existential frame of mind wonder if that justifies the time, effort and cost of getting those images in the first place? I've often wondered myself...
Oct 14, 2023 13:31:32 #
Burkley
Loc: Park City
I use digital images within presentations to teach. Most of my lecturing is medical. Usually the image is not medical in nature, but illustrates a point dynamically with something the students are familiar with. For instance, showing a picture of the steel frame construction of a modern car helps a student understand the bony structure and buttresses of strength in the face. What is the digital image worth. Nothing.
Oct 14, 2023 13:32:53 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I will come by for some of those pancakes. 😉I propose pancakes and real Canadian maple syrup for breakfast tomorrow. Who's with me?
Oct 14, 2023 13:45:10 #
We see far too many, overly broad, non-specific posts, posing as questions, designed to elicit pages of competing 'opinions' about a topic that was never defined in the first place. A whole pile of circular arguments.
It seems to be ruining (or at least dominating) what had once been a genuinely good place to get help and have interesting photography discussions, and learn a few things along the way. The fact that people refer to the number of pages generated as some Cub Scout Merit badge, seems to confirm that.
I think we can and should do better than that.
It seems to be ruining (or at least dominating) what had once been a genuinely good place to get help and have interesting photography discussions, and learn a few things along the way. The fact that people refer to the number of pages generated as some Cub Scout Merit badge, seems to confirm that.
I think we can and should do better than that.
Oct 14, 2023 13:58:40 #
MJPerini wrote:
We see far too many, overly broad, non-specific po... (show quote)
Some of us aren't perfect.....
(Most of the time references to the number of pages are sarcastic.)
Perception...
Oct 14, 2023 14:10:41 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
The value of photo depends on the subject matter and the intended use. The photos on open screens of operating systems or used in an advertising of a major product may be worth millions. A picture of your child or grand child may be of little monetary value but may be of personal value to you. There are various values in between.
Oct 14, 2023 14:32:13 #
I once asked my financier son what determines the value of something. He replied, "What people are willing to pay for it." Well, that's not the whole story. I value things that have little monetary value but mean something to me.
Oct 14, 2023 14:38:50 #
revhen wrote:
I once asked my financier son what determines the value of something. He replied, "What people are willing to pay for it." Well, that's not the whole story. I value things that have little monetary value but mean something to me.
He may have been referring to tangible items.
You may also be referring to an item that may be invaluable to you, but meaningless to others.
Oct 14, 2023 14:48:44 #
A newly captured image of the return of Elvis, Bigfoot relaxing by your swimming pool, or Aliens from outer space sitting at your family dinner, among others, could prove to be quite valuable.
Oct 14, 2023 15:02:46 #
I'm still trying to keep up with the "electronic" changes in photography.
I've used 4 different kinds of photography, starting with 35mm slides,
8 mm movies, high 8mm movies, VHS movies, mini-cartridge movies, plug in memory cartridges,
disks, and mini disks, and the list goes on.
I was told by a college historian, that in 50 years the only recordings of data or photography, that
will be retrievable, will be the data that it is etched in stone or written in #2 pencil.
He could be correct. (who will still have the devices needed to download the data sticks that we are using?)
I still have 3 trunks full of black and white (hardcopy), photographs that aren't faded, yet.
I've used 4 different kinds of photography, starting with 35mm slides,
8 mm movies, high 8mm movies, VHS movies, mini-cartridge movies, plug in memory cartridges,
disks, and mini disks, and the list goes on.
I was told by a college historian, that in 50 years the only recordings of data or photography, that
will be retrievable, will be the data that it is etched in stone or written in #2 pencil.
He could be correct. (who will still have the devices needed to download the data sticks that we are using?)
I still have 3 trunks full of black and white (hardcopy), photographs that aren't faded, yet.
Oct 14, 2023 15:03:04 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
A newly captured image of the return of Elvis, Bigfoot relaxing by your swimming pool, or Aliens from outer space sitting at your family dinner, among others, could prove to be quite valuable.
Oct 14, 2023 15:31:37 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
rehess wrote:
I’m not sure there is any reason to limit the discussion to “digital images”, or to otherwise insist on a certain amount of detail.
How about lets discuss the value of anything? Would that be better?
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