Nah, there is no such thing as idiot-proof - because the idiots are so clever. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: T Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 20. joulukuuta 2002 18:34 Aihe: Re: Re[2]: Behind the counter with digital >An then us tech-heads can all go back to film where we will have some >control <grin> > >Unforunately, Cotty, you are right. For consummer digi-cams to be successful >mass market items they will have to become idiot-proof. Unfortunately, >because, according to Graywolf's Law: Idiot-proof = Expert-proof > > > >Ciao, >Graywolf >http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Here's how: >> >> The manufacturer makes a camera that is foolproof. You can't change >> things like file sizes on it - not in the conventional sense. You might >> have 2 or 3 ISO settings, 100, 400, 800, perhaps marked a sunny, cloudy, >> and indoors (and the relevant white balance attached), and that's it! >> Don't let them be able to fiddle with things. Keep it so simple that any >> lab anywhere in the world will know just by looking at the markings on >> the Digital Film module exactly what lies inside: a finite number of >> images that are known to be able to reproduce accordingly onto paper to a >> reasonable specification. >> >> Sure module will know which camera it is in, and accordingly how many >> pics it can store - the snapper looks on the back of his camera and sees >> that it only holds 24 pics, while in his wife's camera it holds 48. He's >> got a better camera and knows the fewer the pics on the module, the >> slightly better the quality he'll get. But he's not fussed, as the prints >> from his wife's camera are perfectly good. She just can't get hers blown >> up as well as he can on his. >> >> The point I am trying to make (in a very roundabout way ;-) is that it >> all needs to be made foolproof and secure from the interference of the >> users!!! Once that happens, the confusion will subside, things will >> settle down and people will understand the concept of taking pics using a >> digital camera and dropping them off to be processed and printed, just as >> they used to. Those that want to get their hands dirty and do it >> themselves will anyway. Just the basic family snapper - 90 percent (or >> whatever) of the population that uses cameras. >> >> Surely this must be something to which the foto industry aspires? Or do >> you think they are quite happy to leave things the way they are, in a >> confusing mess? They may have good reason to.... > >
