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What's with news stories without any visuals? It's a story about cameras, lenses and pictures without any pictures!

kossTKR 5y ago
It's honestly absurd. On a slight tangent this reminds me of the fact that millions of extreme high quality photos are taken each day - but still most news outlets have poor quality photos, and very few of them. Something is clearly not working licensing wise. I remember the Boston Globe's "Big Picture" going viral often almost 10 years ago on Reddit with amazing high quality photos - then they disappeared because Reddit banned them for some reason - and it seems few has taken up the idea besides them since.
- simias 5y ago
  Remember that The Economist is in print, and while they do have color the quality of impression and the available space is probably not sufficient to get good enough details to meaningfully compare the technology. Besides, it's not Wirecutter, they're reporting on tech, not making a buying guide. As such the text is really what matters. I'm a bit surprised by your claim that "something is clearly not working" when I have a basically the opposite take: images and video take over most of the web's contents. You mention reddit, at any given time on the frontpage you'll have mostly images and small videos and very little text. And of course you have social networks like TikTok and Instagram that are only about images. Given how ultra-comoditized photos and videos have become, it makes sense for The Economist to focus on the thing they actually do better than any random internet blog or youtube review video.
  - kossTKR 5y ago
    I actually mostly agree with you - our culture is saturated with images. Also i appreciate longreads and dense text. I just don't agree with the comparison to tik-tok or other kinds of moving images. To me beautiful high res images, well curated and well presented in a layout or standalone is still pretty rare to see done well. It's like the difference between well curated photo exhibition and a torrent of commercials, weird formats, fast moving images, and sounds / animation / overlays instead of simplicity and just letting images speak for themselves, slowly or completely without motion.
  - heavenlyblue 5y ago
    > video take over most of the web's contents That’s only true because ad industry is paying more for video content

It's honestly absurd. On a slight tangent this reminds me of the fact that millions of extreme high quality photos are taken each day - but still most news outlets have poor quality photos, and very few of them. Something is clearly not working licensing wise. I remember the Boston Globe's "Big Picture" going viral often almost 10 years ago on Reddit with amazing high quality photos - then they disappeared because Reddit banned them for some reason - and it seems few has taken up the idea besides them since.

simias 5y ago
Remember that The Economist is in print, and while they do have color the quality of impression and the available space is probably not sufficient to get good enough details to meaningfully compare the technology. Besides, it's not Wirecutter, they're reporting on tech, not making a buying guide. As such the text is really what matters. I'm a bit surprised by your claim that "something is clearly not working" when I have a basically the opposite take: images and video take over most of the web's contents. You mention reddit, at any given time on the frontpage you'll have mostly images and small videos and very little text. And of course you have social networks like TikTok and Instagram that are only about images. Given how ultra-comoditized photos and videos have become, it makes sense for The Economist to focus on the thing they actually do better than any random internet blog or youtube review video.
- kossTKR 5y ago
  I actually mostly agree with you - our culture is saturated with images. Also i appreciate longreads and dense text. I just don't agree with the comparison to tik-tok or other kinds of moving images. To me beautiful high res images, well curated and well presented in a layout or standalone is still pretty rare to see done well. It's like the difference between well curated photo exhibition and a torrent of commercials, weird formats, fast moving images, and sounds / animation / overlays instead of simplicity and just letting images speak for themselves, slowly or completely without motion.
- heavenlyblue 5y ago
  > video take over most of the web's contents That’s only true because ad industry is paying more for video content