P3D Re: Pie Chart

[Robert Thorpe <thorpe@xxxxxxxx>]

Mark Dottle under the nom-de-plume Karen Obusek wrote:
> 
> Most folks I talk to want prints, and won't
> use the digital camera for internet use, commerce etc. 

My thoughts are that digital cameras have two potential 
uses; as a replacement for the traditional print & film 
cameras and as a way to do photography on your 
computer or tv.

As a replacement for traditional photograpy, they are
not quite there yet. A few months back there was some
discussion of resolution in digital cameras and I asked
if someone could come up with a digital resolution 
equivalent for a 35mm kodachrome slide, an acceptable
standard in most peoples' estimation. The answer was
5 megapixels. We are already at over 2 megapixels so 
we could be at adequate resolution in just a few years'
time.

I think we are there now for computer and tv. Even a 
1.3 megapixel camera which is getting pretty cheap nowadays
can fill an entire computer screen at reasonably high
resolution. Paired shots as JPS images are useful now
if they are taken from a hard disk or CD. Over the internet
they are a little big still, even with a high speed 
modem. I envision a time when one's 3D photos, or regular
ones for that matter, will be transferred to a home-burn
DVD and shown on the TV. Maybe even in a changing
screen saver format operating passively in the background.

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Robert Thorpe
Cedar Rapids, IA
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