I have been steering clear of this, but I guess my time has come to add to the useless drivel heh heh... @ firestorm -- dogma had a message in this thread, but it's not here anymore.

I'm not quite sure why alot of people here seem to be using the word "LIMIT" over and over again in placing a term or word to something. How is labeling something a limitation?

By labeling something, you are limiting it to the label's definitions and parameters. (IMHO anyway.) Now the thing with labels and definitions, sure, we have the dictionary to rely on. But remember, definitions also change and/or evolve (like most things do). There is such a thing as denotative meaning, as well as conotative meaning (something that sometimes the dictionary fails to provide). Now as for the original question, I cannot answer that. The technology of photography has changed a lot since its first inception, ergo old definitions may or may not apply now. Once somebody has cleared out all fuzzy and gray areas of photography (traditional or otherwise) and its definitions, I think that's the time we can truly arrive at an understanding. :-) (* I'm hitting the lights, it's time to say goodnight.