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DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
Having
fun with photography:  Manipulation of the scanned print in a
graphics program puts these two brave people on
top of an Austrian cable car. Click on the picture
to see the three components.
conventional photography was
a considerable trouble for photographers working
at far-flung locations (such as press correspondents)
without access to processing facilities. With
increased competition from television, there was
pressure to deliver their images to newspapers
ever faster. Photo-journalists at remote locations
would carry a small photo lab with them, and some
means of transmitting their images down the telephone
line. In 1990, Kodak unveiled the DCS 100, the
first commercially available digital camera. Its
cost not allowed any use other than photojournalism
and professional applications, but commercial
digital photography was born.
In 10 years, digital cameras have become consumer
products, and they are likely to gradually replace
their traditional counterparts in most applications
as the price of electronic components goes down
and the image quality improves.
Kodak announced in January 2004
that it would no longer produce reloadable 35-millimeter
cameras after the end of that year. However, "wet"
photography will endure, as keen amateurs and
skilled artists preserve the use of traditional
resources and techniques. |
