"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature". Discuss this statement in relation to digital camera technology. Consider what would be some of the pluses and minuses digital camera technology holds in relation to more traditional film based camers.
Digital cameras are great to share photo's amongst friends and family easily no matter where you are in the world by transferring them onto the computer and then emailing or attaching them to your social network like facebook. Saying this I still haven't done this myself. I've always enjoyed picking up my photos after being developed from a traditional camera which causes excitement.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
Cd-rw
Computer hard disc
Usb stick
Photo shop
Social networks
Cd
Dvd
Given the prevalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tut one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use.
Informed consent may be breached when sharing images and Confidentiality especially when this information is transferred to the Internet. This invades people's privacy and their rights.
Ways digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice.
They are used to capture images of people homes when adjustments need to be made and also to use images when promoting the service. They could also be used as an meaningful activity with clients.
Summary of the services offered by flicker.com
With flicker you can share your photo's and stay in touch with others, can upload and organize photo's. Then with these images you can make things like calenders, photo cubes, books, postage stamps, slide shows and much more(retrieved May 5, 2008 from, www.flickr.com).
Another photo storage website which offers similar to flicker.com
Photo shop to create pictures the way you want them. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html To share photo's facebook would be appropriate www.facebook.com.
Differences between a digital and an optical zoom
Optical zoom changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed where as the digital zoom simply crops the image to a smaller size. Digital zoom causes dramatic loss of quality.
What is meant by the term mega pixel
A mega pixel refers to one million pixels, which is used for digital cameras as an indication of capability for the required use (retrieved May 5, 2008 from, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-megapixel.htm).
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