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[CBQ] Burlington Route Passenger Trains Vol. 1

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Subject: [CBQ] Burlington Route Passenger Trains Vol. 1
From: Jim's Junction <trains28@bresnan.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:24:22 -0700
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I agree with Ray, and everyone else who has commented on this book.  
It is excellent in content and photos! As for photo quality, I  
believe the computer age and Desktop Publisher have not been kind to  
the railroad book publishing industry. Otto Perry's B&W photos have  
appeared in numerous high quality hardcover books over the years and  
they were always  clear, sharp and crisp, with excellent contrast.  
Now with computer imaging, a lot of his photos appear muddled and  
fuzzy with strange light & dark areas within the picture and look  
like they came off a fax machine. Color reproduction has also  
suffered- with some photos looking like they came off an old  
television set that had the Color & Contrast knobs turned to the max.  
Very unnatural indeed. In fairness, maybe some photos used in recent  
books were very marginal in quality to begin with and computer  
imagery made them better but I have had several recent all-color  
releases on other railroads in the store (not being commercial- just  
proving a point)- that were big disappointments because all the  
photos looked like they came off that old TV set. Some publishers,  
like Hundman and a few others, are still holding the line on photo  
reproduction quality, and it sure stands out when you can side by  
side compare several different books and publishers at once. Am I   
off-base on my thinking? If the loss of quality is due to holding  
down printing costs, I would gladly pay a few more bucks and get a  
better book.

   John Olson
   Billings, Mt


 
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