Digital Imaging? Whats with all these complicated words?

So another set of words being thrown around are 'Digital Imaging'. This includes the photos we put up on facebook to show the awesome things we've been doing, Videos of friends doing silly things, and as I have personally discovered medical imaging of fractures and really gross pictures of inside your stomach if you're lucky enough to have had an endoscopy...
I talked in an earlier post about hardware and software a little bit and some cool examples of software that come in handy are movie maker and photoshop - click the link for an example of what can be done with Imaging software. Digital imaging use skyrocketed after the christchurch earthquake with cellphone videos and images being streamed to the news. CAT scans X-rays and MRI's are all ways of using digital imaging systems to see things that are inside without surgery.

"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature"
With respect to digital cameras this is an interesting quote. Digital cameras are becoming more high tech, my brother recently spent a ridiculous amount on a very fancy camera that comes in its own yellow hardcover waterproof (and possibly bombproof) case so that he can take really good pictures. This is an addition to his waterproof camera that goes kayaking with him and his other camera that got passed on to his girlfriend. The new camera is apparently the modern day equivalent of Dad's old film camera that is sitting in the cupboard collecting dust. Perhaps technology is like money, when dad was a child 20c would buy enough lollies to satisfy a child for a week, however now that is more like $5-10. Just as inflation is taken into account when calculating comparisons for money, technological inflation is relevant to things such as cameras. Digital today means usable, film means sitting on the shelf. However as my brother just informed me "The highest quality digital images come from film cameras developed on slides then scanned onto a computer" so really these fancy digital cameras are not superior to the quality of film.

But what about ethics?
Well bold and italic heading that is a very good point, with the wide distribution of photos the issue of ethics arises. Putting photos of a 'social gathering' on facebook may be all very well but what happens when some of the people in the photos are uncomfortable with them being visible to friends family and co-workers? And what happens about ownership of photos because as i said in my previous post, once its posted you can't take it back.

Digital Imaging and Occupational Therapy
I had a cool experience on placement of making a flip chart for a lovely wee girl about how to make a sandwich. It was a step by step guide using pictures of her making the sandwich. The fact that it was pictures of her meant that it was a personal reminder and would be easier for her to follow and remember.

Digital Imaging and me!
A picture is worth a thousand words and looking through my old pictures allows me to re-live fond memories, and just because you are such a special reader I've put 5 pictures of my exploits at the very top of this from Japan and the NZ falcon reserve Wingspan. Enjoy.