While photography and cameras have been around for hundreds of years, the digital camera has only been in existence since August, 1981 when Sony released the Sony Mavica as the first commercial electronic digital camera (digicamhistory.com, 2010).
Enhances – The digital camera has allowed users to view images instantly on the camera itself and through other viewing devices such as televisions and projectors rather than always having the images processed on paper.
Obsoletes – The digital camera has replaced the need for film such as 35 mm, and 120 or 220 film in analog electronic cameras along with various types of Polaroid (instant print) film (learning-photography.net, 2010).
Reverses – The digital camera by itself has already been replaced by smart phones, and might be replaced altogether in the future by eye glasses and/or contact lenses, or implanted as part of our bodies.
Retrieves – The digital camera brings to mind why we want to save images. We want to preserve customs, traditions and memories as well as have visual records of history.
References:
http://www.digicamhistory.com/1980_1983.html
http://learning-photography.net/film-negatives/different-types-of-film/
LeAnn,
ReplyDeleteReplacing cameras with eye lens sounds really scary. I do see cameras around in some form will always be around. We will always have the need to preserve memories. We spent hours looking at old pictures of my family this week.
Cassandra
LeAnn,
ReplyDeleteI agree that in the future we won't use handheld cameras. It is kind of scary to think about it being apart of us at first Cassandra, but once they work out the tweaks it will make photography so much easier.
Shauna
LeAnn,
ReplyDeleteI too agree that hand held cameras may be a thing of the past in the future but I am not too sure about the camera eye lens.. I don't think i could do it.. I can't even imagine putting in contact lenses! Lord I don't know what i would do if I had to take pictures with my eyes.. scrapbooks would go by the wayside for me:)
Sherry
Thew idea of a camera possibly being implanted in a part of our body is a very interesting thought. If this happens, I suppose that we will later find out that it causes cancer like much of everything else. ~Wendy
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