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TheTyrannyof TechnologyIn Photography
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Photography has always been about technology. It was born out of the early 19th century's infatuation with and new-found mastery of chemistry.
Photography is currently at a new crossroads. Digital image processing has, since the mid-90's, rapidly supplanted the chemical darkroom. Scanning and ink-jet printing have displaced enlargers and trays of chemicals and processing drums for the vast majority of fine art as well as commercial photographers, not to mention hobbyists.
Digital image recording has moved at an equally rapid pace. In the consumer marketplace digital cameras outsold film-based cameras in 2001 and there's no looking back. As this is being written, in early 2002, digital SLRs are capable of producing images equaling if not sometimes exceeding that from 35mm film. The price of entry is still high, but falling rapidly.
For medium and large format photographers things are less...