Beauty & The Beast

Tame the large files produced by a high-resolution digital SLR

Ibarionex R. Perello

Updated June 30, 2016

They’re beautiful—one look and I’m captivated. I stare and find myself absorbed by every detail. If this isn’t love, it’ll do. As a card-carrying photo geek, I admit that looking at digital files produced by the new 12- and 16-megapixel SLRs leads to a rush that normally means a trip to the confessional. Okay, maybe I exaggerate, but not by much.

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Originally Published July 1, 2005

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