Digital Camera:Modern Photography

The digital camera has revitalized the world of modern photography. Until very recently photography was generally expensive. The film camera was expensive and development and enlargement prohibitive.Those industries associated with photography realized that something had to be done to popularize the hobby. The development of the disposable film camera started to force a price drop but development was still an issue. At that time digital technology was in it's infancy and ridiculously expensive. Kodak had been investigating the use of digital photography since the early 1970's and by 1986 they had produced the first megapixel camera but this still did not match the quality of film when enlarged beyond 5x7 inches. It wasn't really until Apple's release of their QuickTake 100 in 1996 that the digital camera started to hit the consumer markets. This was the time period that saw the start of the big fight for dominance in the consumer digital camera markets. Together with the development of color inkjet printers the digital camera saw a massive growth of interest in amateur and semi-professional photography. For the first time home photography was available for all without the need for use of dangerous chemicals and a dark room. It was even possible for children to take and print their own photo's.Today it is possible to pick up digital cameras that have 6 megapixel's and higher for knock down rock bottom prices. We have almost reached the age of the cheap disposable digital camera. As we are rapidly moving towards the standard megapixel count for consumer digital cameras being the best choice.