Myths, Misinformation & Misunderstandings

True, you can learn things about digital cameras and photography everywhere—your local newspaper, newsmagazines, prestigious financial papers and much more. Digital photography has become so popular that everyone is getting into the act. Yet the quality and accuracy of that information isn’t always what it could be. I’ve I’ve read articles about equipment or technology PCPhoto has covered and scratch my head. Are they talking about the same things we are?
Admittedly, one problem is that digital today is still evolving. What was absolutely true a few years ago can be totally wrong today. That’s a price we pay for rapidly changing technology. On the other hand, there’s an awful lot of material in books, magazines, newspapers and on the Web that’s inaccurate, misleading and sometimes so far off that you wonder if the reporter couldn’t fill a gap in the story and just made things up.     
             
There are some common misconceptions and misrepresented information about digital photography that PCPhoto would like clear up (knowing that it also will make us targets of the “yes, but…” folks). Everything you see on these pages came from a specific and credible source, but we’re not quoting them because some of them are bigger than we are and might come calling.