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Complete
Guide To Digital Cameras
Introduction
This
book grew out of my personal interest and
enthusiasm for digital cameras. For the past ten
years I've been a multimedia developer; making
interactive projects of all kinds. Most of these
have a tremendous appetite for images and other
media, and I'm always in a hurry to get the things
assembled as quickly as possible. Being able to
take photographs of objects, subjects, materials
and scenery and get them in to the computer
immediately makes the process that much easier, so
using a digital camera just makes a whole lot of
sense.
Digital
cameras have come a long way in the last ten years.
Now, for less than $1,000 you can buy a camera that
takes photographs good enough to print at 8 x 10
sizes. Resolution and image quality has improved
dramatically, and the functionality of the cameras
is improving too. If you've been thinking of buying
a digital camera, now is as good a time as
any.
This
book covers the digital camera world, from how
cameras work and how to make a buying decision,
through using the camera and downloading images to
a computer. Since a digital camera really only
makes sense if you have a computer a lot of the
book is devoted to dealing with images once you get
them into your computer. From explaining resolution
and color models, through how to edit images and
the myriad of software applications available to
manage, edit and massage your images. The chapter
on printing covers them any complicated issues
involved in turning an image into hard copy
form.
Since
this is the age of the Internet, the book also
covers the basics of Internet imaging; how to
create a web page, how to upload images to a web
server, and working with some of the popular
auction web sites. The chapter on webcams covers
setting up web cams and digital
conferencing.
The
chapter "Making it Move" deals with formatting
sequences of images as well as creating animated
sequences for still images.
The
last section of the book includes specifications
for most of the digital cameras available, or that
have been released in the past ten years.
Unfortunately, since the field is changing so
rapidly &endash; new cameras are being introduced
every six months or less &endash; it can be
difficult to keep on top of the latest
advances.
I
hope that this book will provide you with the
information you need to get the most out of your
digital camera, as well as provide additional ideas
for using your camera.
Michael
D. Murie
last
updated: 09/06/99
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