In the past twenty years, most of the major
technological breakthroughs in consumer electronics have really been
part of one larger breakthrough. When you get down to it, CDs, DVDs,
HDTV, MP3s and DVRs are all built around the same basic process:
converting conventional analog information (represented by a gradually
fluctuating wave) into digital information (represented by 1s and 0s, or
bits). This fundamental shift in technology totally changed how we
handle visual and audio information -- it completely redefined what is
possible.
The digital camera is one of the most
remarkable instances of this shift because it is so truly different from
its predecessor. Conventional cameras depend entirely on chemical and
mechanical processes -- you don't even need electricity to operate one.
All digital cameras have a built-in computer, and all of them record
images in an entirely electronic form.
The new approach has proved monstrously successful. It may be decades
before digital cameras completely replace film cameras, if they ever do,
but they will probably account for around half of the U.S. market within
the next few years.
Let us show you how to connect your camera to your computer,
transfer picture files to your computer, send those pictures to family
and friends through the internet using email, and use those pictures in
popular word processing applications such as Microsoft Word, Works, and
Word Perfect to name a few.
