Digital still cameras on the verge of obsolescence..

This also reminds me of the flaming I took on another forum for referring to a tv news camera operator as a "photographer". I was just quoting a news article about the cops smashing his video camera. They "corrected me" saying it was "videographer". I came back saying many stations still list the job as "photographer", whether they like it or not.

nc5p said:

This also reminds me of the flaming I took on another forum for referring to a tv news camera operator as a "photographer". I was just quoting a news article about the cops smashing his video camera. They "corrected me" saying it was "videographer". I came back saying many stations still list the job as "photographer", whether they like it or not.

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That is correct. The jobs are most often listed as "ENG Photographer" or EFP Photographer"

Whether its semantically correct or not, most TV stations call persons who operate cameras in the field "photographers" or "photogs" for short.

Interestingly, if you run a camera in the studio, you are a not a photographer, but a "camera operator".

Once upon a time, when I worked for a large corporate production company, doing both jobs, I was a "technical operator, grade 14". Boy did that look good on my business card.

...and the next trend but one?

A head-torch-like digiwotsit that you wear throughout your holiday so that it videos everywhere you look. Then when you get home just link it to the special software in your PC and it selects and emails perfect holiday snaps to the contents of your personal address book (and shots of how bad the hotel was to your insurance company).

The year after that the damn thing will go on holiday for you!

You heard it here first! (Mr Gates, Mr Perez, send a cheque...!)

It was my understanding that National Geographic uses still-grabs from video for most of their work these days.

vaughn