I know digital is easier, but negatives...
> ... why can't they go back to FILM cameras ...
Silver halide photography is nearly dead.
Before long, it will be used only by darkroom
nostalgics, along with daguerreotype.
Plus, negs have zero meta-data to bolster their
authenticity. A digital image from a secure
camera is much more credible than a neg.
Shoot your base scene with a 20Mp DSLR, edit
in Photoshop, print at high-res, re-shoot on
Ektachrome 400, and yer good to go.
The recent scandal was not really about technology
anyway. Some of those frauds were so blatent that
the only explanations are:
- massive editorial incompetence at Reuters
- massive agenda-driven corruption at Reuters
... well, maybe both.