Sometimes digital crap is better...

I can understand Photographer Peter Bush being frustrated about losing his work however find his comment about "abstract digital crap" rather odd. I think the story reveals one huge advantage of digital. You can send an original that’s just a copy with no effective loss of resolution. With "digital crap" the irreplaceable originals would be safe in his hands.

All Black photo treasures stolen - 17 Feb 2007 - National

All Black photo treasures stolen - 17 Feb 2007 - National

"An irreplaceable photographic collection of All Black Rugby history has been stolen from New Zealand's most eminent sports photographer after a courier left a package in his mailbox."

"I still hope remotely that they may turn up," he said. "It is irreplaceable. This was material you could handle - not some abstract digital crap."

"I still hope remotely that they may turn up," he said. "It is irreplaceable. This was material you could handle - not some abstract digital crap."