18 Epilogue
In the 15 months it has taken to write this book, much has changed in digital photography. Cameras have grown to five and six million pixels and beyond; Contax, Canon and Kodak have all launched a full-frame 35 mm digital camera; Foveon has unveiled a new form of imaging chip; SmartMedia cards have been marked for death; prices have fallen; ease of use has grown and the signs have continued to suggest that digital photography will eventually break free of the home computer – just as film became liberated from the home darkroom.
At the same time much has stayed the same. Cameras have got smaller, but their functions and menus have remained largely unchanged. New memory card devices have appeared, but the way in which they work (as ...
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