The next big advance in digital

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Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?

Not really, no.
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Dallas writes:

Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?

Well, yeah. Kodak has had a modem feature on the DCS professional
DSLR's for years, and I think Nikon is supposed to announce a WiFi
adapter using PTP over IP at Photokina. I seem to recall some noise
about BlueTooth on some Sony consumer digicams, as well.

The challenges a how far and how fast? A digital camera is a great
way to generate lots of bits in a hurry. Transmitting that anywhere in
a reasonable time is a challenge, and getting it across the country
would be an interesting problem. Certainly for the time being, there
will still be lots o' storage in the camera, if only as a backup for a
failed wireless connection.

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Dallas writes:

Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?

Well, yeah. Kodak has had a modem feature on the DCS professional
DSLR's for years, and I think Nikon is supposed to announce a WiFi
adapter using PTP over IP at Photokina. I seem to recall some noise
about BlueTooth on some Sony consumer digicams, as well.

The challenges a how far and how fast? A digital camera is a great
way to generate lots of bits in a hurry. Transmitting that anywhere in
a reasonable time is a challenge, and getting it across the country
would be an interesting problem. Certainly for the time being, there
will still be lots o' storage in the camera, if only as a backup for a
failed wireless connection.

--
-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:00:36 +0200, Dallas
wrote:

Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?


Yeah, but I saw it done over a year ago with the Nikon D2H. It has
WiFi and was specifically targeted to sports shooting.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:00:36 +0200, Dallas
wrote:

Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?


Yeah, but I saw it done over a year ago with the Nikon D2H. It has
WiFi and was specifically targeted to sports shooting.

"Dallas" wrote in message
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Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?

Well, they've already built cameras into cell phones.....So why not build
cell phones into cameras?

"Dallas" wrote in message
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Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?

Well, they've already built cameras into cell phones.....So why not build
cell phones into cameras?

"Rick Armstrong" wrote in message
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"Dallas" wrote in message
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Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash
card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?


Take a look at this:
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/336/C2502/

What I wonder is where the antenna goes.....On top of your head?

"Rick Armstrong" wrote in message
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"Dallas" wrote in message
news
Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash
card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?


Take a look at this:
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/336/C2502/

What I wonder is where the antenna goes.....On top of your head?

"William Graham" wrote in message
news:J0N1d.194134$Fg5.117039@attbi_s53...

"Rick Armstrong" wrote in message
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"Dallas" wrote in message
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Imagine you're working in the studio, or out on the sports field and
whatever shots you are taking are downloaded not to a Compact Flash
card,
but directly to your computer via a high speed, wireless connection of
some sort.

Wouldn't *that* be cool?


Take a look at this:
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/336/C2502/

What I wonder is where the antenna goes.....On top of your head?


Its base looks like it would fit nicely on that little button on the top of
a baseball cap... G

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