Tutorial 2 Digital Camaera use and applications

"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature". Briefly discuss this statement in relation to digital camera technology. What would you consider to be some of the pluses and minuses digital camera technology holds in relation to more traditional film based cameras?
Digital cameras are big know almost everyone has one, they are changing quickly and all new upgrades are coming out all the time.The postitives of digital cameras are that you can take a picture and look at it straight away and delet it if you wish. There are waterproof ones and ones that stop red eyes. You can take alot of photos at a time and store them on you camera and you can transfer photos from your camera onto your computer where you can then manipulate them. The negatives are that digital cameras are expensive and they can be quiet complicated. they are also quiet fragiel.

List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
Photos can be transferd using memory sticks, usb cords, email, networking sites, CD os DVD. Photos can be put on to computers, cellphones or watched as a slide show on TV. They can also be manipulated with fun screens or photoshop where you can change how the photo looks.

Given the prvalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use.
People could take photos of people they dont know and then put them on the internet for everyone to acess with out the individuals consent. Privacy is the biggest issue as there is so much information about people that can be accessed over the net.

Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practise.
Digital cameras are used alot for home visits as it allows the therapist to remember what the house looks like. Photos can also be used when therapists need to know a persons movment.

Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Flickr.com
Flickr.com allows you to manipulate your photos e.g enhance them or change the colour.
It also allows people to share their photos with people all over the world.

Name one other photo storage website which offers a service similar to Flickr.com
Ringo

Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom.
Digital zoom causes the picture to lose quality as it crops the image and then enlarges it to fit in the frame.
Optical zoom lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed.

Explain what is meant by the term mega pixel.
One of the most common terms used in digital photography is megapixel. It comes from the word pixel which in computer lingo, means, 'a dot.' These little dots, or pixels, store color information and their number per square inch determines the quality of the picture. The picture that has more pixels per square inch is much better than pictures that have less number of pixels.
Hopkins, Charels. What is a mega pixel. (Ezilon infobase 7th June 2006). Retrieved 27th May 2008. http://www.ezilon.com/articles/articles/2134/1/What-is-a-megapixel