We were all use to the idea of sending in our film for
developing and waiting for our pictures to come back. It takes
days before we can see those developed photos.
Then along came digital cameras and the world was taken by storm
with this cool new technology. Suddenly you could take a picture
and see the results immediately. At first these cameras were
slow and not such great quality but still kind of cool. Then
things heated up and now we have fantastic digital cameras of
all sizes and shapes that can take wonderful images which can be
shared instantly with your family, or the rest of the world for
that matter.
The latest now in technology integration is WiFi and digital
cameras. No need to even plug your camera memory card into a
computer, or a printer at all. Now you can buy a digital camera
that transmits the images via wireless technology. Yes, that is
right, a wireless connection for your image uploads.
Now, you may be among those in the population that have not even
gotten their hands around the whole digital image sharing thing
yet. But this promising new technology may lead us to a world of
fewer cables to plug in, quicker transfer of our images, and in
the case of events in the world, the ability to share images of
news almost instantly.
As we saw in the recent bombings in London, folks with cell
phone cameras recorded the devastation they saw in the
underground and shared it with the world in almost real time
fashion. These new cameras may be able to take that sort of
thing to an all new level. Imagine cities that implement
widespread WiFi access and photographers with WiFi cameras
capturing images of news and other special events. They could
transmit those images right away and let the world see them. You
may concern how it works? Here is am eaxmaple:
Nikon has released two models of digital cameras that are WiFi
enabled. The idea is to be able to transmit your pictures
straight from the camera to your computer or printer through a
wireless adaptor. You bring up the images to transfer, hit "go",
and they get sent through the air to your printer. The Coolpix
P1 and P2 will be in the $400-$550 range in pricing and the
adaptor is extra. They are competing with Kodak which released
its own version of the WiFi camera in their Easy Share line of
cameras this year. Kodak has already gone to making it easy to
share photos by transmitting them at so called "wireless hot
spots", usually cafes or stores where wireless access is sold or
given away to customers. These efforts by the leading camera
makers seem aimed at adding value to their already impressive
digital technology.
Digital cameras continue to be hot sellers despite what some in
the industry thought would be a slowing of sales this year. Many
had predicted that cell phone cameras would slow digital camera
sales, but this is not happening.
About the author:
George Williams maintains many websites about network security,
including Wireless
Technology, and Wireless
Transmitter. Please visit his websites and find more
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