Can you imagine a world that lets you take colour pics on a cell phone and while you driving to work sms it to the print shop which delivers it too you with your morning coffee! Something is very wrong with this-just can't quite grasp it.
For now anyway there is a line that seperates people that have actually struggled to learn the basics of photography, and try to learn what went wrong when it does and the newbies who blame technology when their pics don't come out the way the wanted. The worrying thing is that she probally went home and told everyone that william dosn't know jack about printing and waved her lousy print about to prove her point. Sad Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Poirier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 3:05 AM Subject: Re: A funny problem with digital > > > > > The nice thing about film is that it is completely transparent > > technology (especially if you process a blank roll). Film can be > > 100% point and shoot from the consumers viewpoint. > > I doubt very much if digital cameras will get to that point. > > Technological marvels seem to invite complication. > > Complication invites user interface difficulties. > > > > Thats what I think, anyway. > > > > William Robb > > > My guess is it won't be too many years before we see one-button digital > cameras that will be as user-transparent as current one-use units. All it > will take is cheap 6-megapixel or larger sensors, cheap memory, and a > universal connect standard for imaging kiosks. At that point resolution, > which is the big bugaboo in terms of user interface, will become a > non-issue. It will happen because there is or will be a consumer demand for > that sort of thing. I know some PhDs who are perfect candidates for a PHD > digital camera. On the other hand, I can also see the likelihood of endless > proliferation of interface complications for the market segment that has > more money than brains and is proud of it. > > John Poirier > >
