What is pixel peeping?
Kitzmiller wrote: I've been reading some threads and post here and see this term brought up a number of times. What does it mean?
Good question. My definition is looking at a image at an almost microscopical (NWA) level. I sometimes do this to see if editing has been done to a photo.
Cancel the New Word Alert (NWA) apprently my spell checker likes the word "microscopical ". Go figure
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effron wrote: and, a pixel peeper.........
a) A photography n00b who erroneously believes that the quality of a digital camera is determined solely by the number of megapixels.
b) Insecure troll who frequents digital camera forums to religiously proclaim how his/her camera pixel count is greater than yours.
c) Wanna be photographer who debates about pixel count all day but doesn't have the talent to take a half-decent photograph.
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Are you getting close to having enough material for a new Merriam-Webster-Funk & Richardson dictionary yet?chasrich wrote: Good question. My definition is looking at a image at an almost microscopical (NWA) level. I sometimes do this to see if editing has been done to a photo.
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