The AP camera tests tend to consider the camera as an instrument primarily for producing a print. The tests consider the merits and demerits of cameras with the assumption that a print is the normal medium for looking at the photo.

Digital darkroom techniques and equipment are also print-oriented. We must calibrate our monitors and printers so that the final picture on the wall will be printed as the screen shows it following the edits. Sharpening, colour saturation and even dimensions are all about getting the best possible print.

I don't know about you but in our house we have ceased to look at prints, except for the 3 dozen already hung on walls here and there. My nice A3 printer is busy with downloaded PDFs or other printed matter rather than with photos, these days. We look at the photos via the big monitor, which also serves as the TV. Sometimes we cart the laptop hither or thither to show photos to a friend. Distant friends and relatives get an email and they too view photos on a screen.

Are we not still living a bit in the film-based past~~? Perhaps there should be a sea-change in the generally print-oriented assumptions behind equipment reviews and digital darkroom techniques?