Egy kis érdekesség a topic látogatóinak:
Kigyűjtöttem, hogy az elmúlt időszakban mely témák szaladtak a vízalatti fotós listán.
(Csak a kuriózum kedvéért: akik itt írnak, azok között ott van Jim Church, Michael Lawrence, Barry Lipman, Chuck Tribolet, vagy éppen ike (ugye ismerős a név: Ikelite)
Szóval a témák:
Videolámpák a fotózáshoz
Miért fotózom a víz alatt
Vízalatti SLR fénymérés
A vízalatti fotózás jövője
Hogyan zárjuk le biztosra a hűtőládát - ez érdekes, akit izgat, annak elmagyarázom
Digitális vagy ezüst?
Pénzt a fotókért
...és még sok téma
Ha gondoljátok, szívesen felteszek néha egy-egy témát tallózva, hiszen mi is sok dolgot tanulhatunk tőlük. Angolul van, a fordítást nem vállalom, de ha gondot okoz, akkor várom az önként jelentkezőt, aki gyorsban hetente szívesen fordítana 50-100 sort!
Addig is egy érdekesség. Jim Church dobta fel:
Please look at pages 74-76 of Skin Diver Magazine's 50th Annervisary
Issue. They printed the predictions Chris, Harry and Kirk sent to me.
However, because of space limitations, they didn't print the predictions
made by some other experienced photographers, so I will paste all of the
predictions below:
MARK BEATTY: Digital cameras will record hundred of high-resolutions
images on removeable mini-hard disc drives. A digital back will be
developed for the Nikons V camera. An amphibious digital camera will
accommodate existing lenses, such as Nikonos and Sea&Sea. A “Nikonos
VI” with a laser rangefinder that only triggers the shutter when the
subject is in focus. Miniature video or still camera lenses will be
built into a dive mask, with a miniature LCD in the bottom of the mask.
Images will be sent from digital cameras via digital sonar to
transducers on live-aboards. The images will be collected on hard disks
on board. Long-time underwater photographers will complain that images
are manipulated and that skill is no longer required to take good
pictures.
JIM CHRISTENSEN: Digital cameras with resolution better than film won't
happen until about 2005. New technology is often pushed by the
military. Advances in storage technology will continue allowing for
higher resolution images. High-end digital printing will reach the
consumer market, with longer print life and better image quality than
conventional photographs.
CHRIS GREEN: I see permanently sealed digital cameras with no
possibility of flooding. Files will be transferred to computer via an
optical interface. Strobe triggering will also be via an optical link.
Plastic shutter releases, command dials, etc. (with optical sensors
reading their positions) or membrane switches could be used. Rinse tanks
will be a thing of the past as the only part that needs to be kept clean
will be the front lens element. Pressure-resistant housings may
disappear if the circuit board is water-proofed with epoxy and a thin
wafer of glass over the actual image sensor.
MIKE O'HARA: Mike proposes three scenarios:
1. May, 2001 at the PMA Show: Leif Scitex unveils its new CMOS camera
adapter for standard 35mm film cameras, sounding the death knell for CCD
technology.
2. May 2002 at the PMA Show: Nikon and others unveil the next wave of
dedicated digital SLRs utilizing the 6 meg CMOS sensor. Nikon will call
it the D2 and it will retail for around $4000. Images printed from D2
files up to 11"x17" will be indistinguishable from film to the naked
eye. The D1 plummets to $2500 and becomes a serious prosumer digital
camera.
3. May 2003 at the PMA Show: Casio, et. al, all unveil their 6 meg CMOS
prosumer digital cameras with MPEG3 digital video, sound, Palm Pilot
features, 1 gig micro drive and a built in cell phone. It retails for
$639.95 at CompUSA.
KIRK KREUTIG (URPRO FILTERS): Underwater photography will become a
sophisticated science of technical imaging systems that will venture
into places too hostile for human divers. Underwater filters will be
“electronic.” Radar and sonograms will record subsea images while
infrared light and ultraviolet sources will illuminate the dark depths
of oceans and lakes around the world. Hypersensitive cameras will use
passive thermal infrared technologies that require no external light,
and bioluminescent creatures will provide their own light source.
MIKE MESGLESKI and MIKE HABER: We’ve seen hints of the future already.
Jim Church’s 1968 light meter in a peanut butter jar has morphed into
Ikelite’s 1998 submersible ambient light/flash meter. Camera housings
and the cameras inside them are becoming smaller and will continue to do
so. Images of marine life photographed or scanned digitally are being
sent to publishers as e-mail attachments. Sony has introduced a picture
frame that shows a constantly changing display of the digital images you
load into it. Imagine that as an entire wall in your living room!
Personal web sites give us a worldwide identity. As the internet
expands, the beautiful images you create can be shared with friends and
family, anywhere in the world, even more quickly and easily. Although
equipment will change, We think the biggest future impact will be how we
adapt our imaginations to best utilize the tools of the future.
HARRY, QUINN F: I believe digital imagery will transcend the current
offerings from a two-dimensional plane and actually become refined,
dense, holographic projections in 3-D. I think we'll see the beginning
of this within seven years. UW images captured in this new medium will
then be projected 24x7 in the home, replacing aquariums. Later (10-20
years), this will have a mind boggling and enormous affect on
telecommunications overall -- real time conversations and imaging,
entertainment, commerce, and global government -- all holographic
communication. The Holodeck on the NSS Enterprise may not be too far
off.
Best to all,
PS: that is me in the hard-hat suit, beneath the "in" in Skin Diver, on
the cover.
--
Jim Church
http://www.jimchurchphoto.com
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