Arizona Hogwash

I'm sure this Arizona Highways article must be famous.... Some of the statements are beyond belief, and the total ignorance of the noise issue in film scanning is shameful. The writer waffles on about not comparing apples to oranges - clearly he couldn't even tell the difference between a banana and a coconut. But the prize must go to this wonderful piece of nonsense:

"One last thought on the film vs. digital debate: If you’re planning to switch to a digital camera soon, don’t give up on film just yet. Remember always to back up your digital photographs on film. Even if you have already made the move to digital, consider that today’s best cameras record digital files at a little more than 11 megapixels. But what if, in the near future, the standard moves up to 20 megapixels or higher? If you have backup on film, you can scan your images at a higher resolution. But will your old 11-megapixel files be convertible? We don’t know for sure."

Indeed we don't. What we do know is that there is a large community of self-aggrandising American (always American), self-titled "fine art photographers" who cluelessness is rivaled only by their arrogance and lack of originality.