Digital Photography revolusioned three main areas of photography; capture, processing and output.
Digital technology means these are subject to exponential improvement due to Moore's Law. We examine it's recent impact on photography and look to the near future.
3. BUT FIRST ...
WHAT IS DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHY?
LET’S EXAMINE THE
DIFFERENCES
4. ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY
• Images are:
• captured and recorded to
film
• developed and processed in
the darkroom
• printed chemically or
projected
5. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
• Images are:
• captured by a sensor and
recorded to a memory card
• developed and processed in
software like Photoshop
• rarely printed but often
shared on the internet
28. FLICKR’S MOST POPULAR
CAMERA 2006
• Canon 350D
• Released: 2005
• Cost: €1099 RRP
• 8 megapixel stills
• Capture Only
29. FLICKR’S MOST POPULAR
CAMERA 2012
• Apple iPhone 4
• Released: 2011
• Cost: £424.68
• 5 megapixel stills, HDR
• HD (720p) video
• Capture, Process, Output
30. ONE YEAR OF IMPROVEMENT…
• Apple iPhone 4S
• Released: 2012
• Cost: £424.68
• 8 megapixel stills, HDR
• HD (1080p) video
• Capture, Process, Output
31. CANON 600D
• Canon 600D
• Released: 2011
• Cost: €749 RRP
• 18 megapixel stills
• HD (1080p) video
• Capture Only
36. EVERYONE HAS A CAMERA
• High quality cameras now
come free with mobile
phones
• People can process their
images without using a
computer
• People can instantly share
their images with their
friends
37. PEOPLE TAKE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS
THAN EVER BEFORE
• Everything is documented - not just special occasions
• 250 million photographs are uploaded to Facebook every
day
• Out of the estimated 3.5 trillion photos ever taken a
whole 10% of them were taken in the past 12 months
52. CURRENT DISADVANTAGES
• The image is interactive, cannot be printed
• Capturing the direction of light requires a more complex and
larger sensor
• Images currently limited to 1.2 megapixels
57. RETINA DISPLAY
• Super high resolution
screens
• More pixels than a 1080p
HD television on a 9.7 inch
display
• 264 pixels per inch, almost
print like