Evolution of Photography –Part II

Hi all, its nice to see you all in good cheer. In the first part of the evolution of photography we had a look on the analog camera techniques. In this article we shall have a short understanding of the evolution of digital photography. Can u guess who developed the first prototype of a digital camera? You may think of many companies as an answer for this question. It is actually Kodak, who had built the first prototype of the digital camera.

After this in the year 1981, the Sony Corporation unveiled its first consumer usable camera, named Sony Mavica. Sony Mavica was not completely digital, but it used a CCD (charge coupled device) for image capturing. In the year 1990, Kodak released the DCS 100, the first ever fully digital camera. This is a Kodak camera based on Nikon. The Kodak DCS 100 had an external storage device connected through cables.

Digital Imaging makes use of an image sensor which stores images as a set of electronic data. The major difference between the digital and analog (also called as chemical) photography is that analog photography is prone to manipulations, whereas the digital photography is highly manipulative. This allows post-processing (image processing) which is of a wide use in today’s world.

The digital imaging and post processing has led to many ethical concerns, because of its ease in manipulation of data. Many photo journalists have declared that they will not manipulate the pictures.

The shocking news comes here…..

Kodak conducted a survey in the year 2007, in which 75% of the professional photographers prefer the results of film than those of digital for certain applications.

So we come to a consensus that every invention has both good and bad, but we need to take the good out of it, so that we may live a good and a peaceful life.