Digital Photography

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Digital Photography
Get the Picture!
Naugatuck Adult and Continuing Education
Philip C. Clarke Instructor
Philontheweb_2000_at_yahoo.com
February 2002
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History of the Digital Camera

• Starts with the evolution of the television, back
  in the 1940's and 50's.
• The next large step occurred with NASA in the
  1960's.
• The cold war accelerated development of digital
  imaging, mostly used for spy satellites
• In 1995 Kodak released the dc40 and at under a
  1000 it was the first digital camera marketed
  for consumers.
• Todays cameras connect via a USB cable and can
  cost less than 100!

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Advantages of the Digital Camera

• Doesnt use film.
• Requires no processing.
• Requires no additional memory.
• Use it over and over again.
• If you dont like a picture
• - delete it!
• Allows you to correct the image.

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Image Compression
More compression smaller file size and low
image quality
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Image Resolution
More pixels (higher resolution) Larger image
size, Larger print size, Larger file size
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