This has been an interesting thread. As one who has both post-processed images to the hilt and more recently (within the last couple of years) adds only blurring, sharpening and/or gamma adjustment in post-pro, I can say the loudest opponents of post-processing are those- for the most part, who are either "snobs" as Virginia pointed out..or haven't yet learned to use the image-enhancement tools to make a good image better. Linda