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Old 29-06-2006, 08:07 AM
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Re: What do you call photos taken digitally?

Hi Nightshade, they are purely called 'digital images or pictures'. We had this discussion on a photography forum that I'm a member of, and here is my reasoning behind my answer...

Photograph n. a picture formed by means of the chemical action of light or other radiation on sensitive film.

Picture n. (often attrib.) a painting, drawing, photograph, etc., esp. as a work of art.

Image n. An optical appearance or counterpart produced by light or other radiation from an object reflected in a mirror, refracted through a lens, etc.

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