Wired's Got the Picture

Wired's Digital Edition has 10 pet peeves about digital photography. All of them are good. Two struck me as particularly useful. The first was called Rock Concert Strobage - their peeve - most people don't realize that their flashes will not reach the stage unless they are within about 10 feet of it (and then of course you don't need it). So they wish that the people would simply turn off their flashes. They also don't like digital watermarking.

But their real pet peeve is called Cameras. It is really a couple of things. They suggest that all the discussion about megapixels is baloney. So is most of the discussion about cameras. The ultimate test of a camera and a photographer is whether they can capture a compelling image. The rest is just chatter. Sounds about right to me.