“A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature”. What would you consider to be some of the pluses and minuses digital camera technology holds in relation to more traditional film based cameras?
With digital cameras you can see the images straight after you have taken them, easy to load onto computer, pick and choose the photos you want printed at a print station. There are many positives around digital cameras some of the negative things are you have to make sure they are charged, make sure you have the memory card in the camera, don’t loose the cord to the computer as they are expensive to replace.
Some of the ways that digital images can be stored, are on memory sticks, store straight to the computer. Many computer programs can manipulate pictures and at the photo printer station you can add different things to your photo, such as borders, change colours etc.
What sort of ethical issues may arise with digital camera use? As discussed in previous blog there are many ethical issues such as gaining permission to take a photo, where the photo goes after it is taken, i.e. is it uploaded on to facebook or the like where it can be copied by anyone.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice
In occupational therapy the images could be taken to show someone’s progress, could be taken to show crafts etc that the individual has made. Home alterations that have been done or what needs to be done. Photos can be used in power point presentations. There are many more
Services offered by filckr.com are uploading photos, share photos and edit photos. There are many different storage websites if you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photo_sharing_websites There is a huge list of different websites.
Digital zoom is decreasing the angle of view of an image with a digital camera or video camera. This is done by cropping the image down. Whereas Optical zoom is the magnification of a digital image using physical changes in the focal length of the zoom lens to magnify the image. Optical zoom is the preferred method of magnifying an image for digital photographers because it doesn't negatively affect image quality, as does digital zoom.
The term Megapixel refers to the size of an image, usually in reference to a photo from a digital camera or camera phone. Megapixel means one million pixels. The resolution of digital cameras and camera phones is often measured in megapixels. For example, a two-megapixel camera can produce images with two million pixels. Retrieved from http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=145
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