On-Line Photos, Photo Kiosks, Web Hosting...
Rocky,
Thanks for the post yesterday regarding on-line photography.
The public is taking a whole new approach to photography.
In many ways digital photography is the present day equivalent
of Polaroid film. Even better, there are many new ways to
store, print and distribute photographs, all of which are
either enabled, enhanced and energized by the desktop PC and
facilitated by the Internet. This "value chain" [another
Gorilla Game term] explains why digital photography is one
"killer app" for flash memory. I posted this some time ago...
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Yesterday I received the latest edition of "Digital Camera"
magazine. They had a piece on automated Photo Kiosks which
should be available at a Wallgreen's or Eckert's pharmacy
near you. These kiosks will be the self-service equivalent
of what is sure to be the next paradigm in digital film
developing. You will bring a CompactFlash or SmartMedia
card to your photo developer with the choicest pictures already
on it. They will print them out for you while you shop at
the mall. The dye-sublimation techniques allow for dry
processing. No handling of negatives or other chemicals is
needed for the photo labs.
Other options will be the use of inexpense, high resolution
ink jet pictures at home (still waiting for Jay Dreifus'
Epson PhotoStylus 870 review), paperless web hosting
which is currently a free service at many dedicated sites
or available with a monthly ISP subscription, digital image display
using CompactFlash/SmartMedia enabled electronic picture frames
or screen savers/PC based slide shows (when are the set-top
boxes with Compact Flash slots coming out?), and plain
old e-mail distribution.
The consumer will have so many good options at their disposal.
Personally I have a feeling that yet another movement will be
permanent electronic archiving on CD's at home. I suspect
there will be software available that will make it possible to
animate still images with moving text, audio files (many digital
cameras are capable of audio recording), embedded
music (you know, those MP3 things), special effects,...
Look for Adobe or one of the other companies specializing
in photo editing software to come out with this type of software
suite. I wouldn't doubt that it already exists. Also,
people will be able to record digital video on the same CD.
The sheer capacity of the CD and extremely inexpensive cost (compared
to a Zip disc, for example) makes the CD a perfect archival
medium.
Just look at the consumer dollars that will fuel creativity in
this market segment...
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