pctechguide.com

  • Home
  • Guides
  • Tutorials
  • Articles
  • Reviews
  • Glossary
  • Contact

X3 Technology

In 2002 the prospect of truly affordable film-quality digital cameras was given a massive boost when - after five years of research and development - Foveon Corporation unveiled a digital camera imaging sensor which the company claimed was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

Digital Cameras vs. Film

Despite the massive strides it has made in recent years, the conventional wisdom remains that though digital cameras offer advantages in term of flexibility, when it comes to picture quality they still fall a significant way behind that of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

Digital Camera Connectivity

Despite the trend towards removable storage, digital cameras still allow connection to a PC for the purpose of image downloading. Until the late 1990s the principal method of transfer was via a conventional RS-232 serial cable at a maximum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

Storage of Photos and Videos on Digital Cameras

Some higher-end professional cameras use PCMCIA hard disk drives as their storage medium. Although they consume no power once images are recorded, and have much higher capacity than flash memory (a 170MB drive is capable of storing up to 3,200 images standard 640 by 480 images), the hard disk option … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras Tagged With: digital cameras, flash, hard disk, photo storage, storage

Memory Storage

Many first-generation digital cameras contained one or two megabytes of internal memory suitable for storing around 30 standard-quality images at a size of 640x480 pixels. Unfortunately, once the memory had been filled no more pictures … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

Digital Camera Batteries: Types and How They Work

The fact is that a digital camera is a high drain device that uses up batteries at an alarming rate. Turning off the LCD display helps considerably as does running on AC power whenever possible - such as when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

PIM Technology

In 1998, the Photographic Industry Association - comprising most of the world's digital camera manufacturers - came up with a set of standards called the Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF). This defined colour parameters for digital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

Features and Parts of a Digital Camera

A colour LCD panel is a feature that is present on virtually all modern digital cameras. It acts as a mini GUI, allowing the user to adjust the full range of settings offered by the camera and is an invaluable aid to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras Tagged With: digital camera, digital photos, working of digital camera

What Controls The Picture Quality of a Digital Camera

The picture quality of a digital camera depends on several factors, including the optical quality of the lens and image-capture chip, compression algorithms, and other components. However, the most important determinant of image quality is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras Tagged With: digital camera photo quality, digital pictures, picture quality

CMOS Digital Cameras

1998 saw CMOS sensors emerge as an alternative image capture technology to CCDs. The CMOS manufacturing processes are the same as those used to produce millions of processors and memory chips worldwide. As these are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Cameras

Next Page »

The Impact of Modern Technology on Relationships

Technology has changed dating in tremendous ways. It has gradually become more immersed in the modern quest for intimacy. In 1995, only 2% of … [Read More...]

Benefits of Instagram as a Powerful Marketing Tool for B2B Brands

The ever-growing popularity of the social networking app Instagram makes it a popular channel for businesses to launch their services, advertising, … [Read More...]

6 Simple Ways to Improve Security of Windows Computers

Millions of Windows PC users experience some form of cybercrime every year. According to one study, there were 2,953 reported cyberattacks between … [Read More...]

2021 PC Hardware Releases to Bolster Your Gaming

If you are a PC gamer, then chances are you are looking to upgrade your kit over the coming year. However, a lot of money can go into building the … [Read More...]

New Transfer Feature in Dropbox Enable Sharing files with Third Parties

Dropbox has been a popular P2P sharing platform for many years. They don't announce new features as often as other applications, since they have a … [Read More...]

Ransomware Operators Find Data Theft Profitable

How valuable is your data? That’s not a question that organizations or individuals have to ask themselves all that often. You might know the market … [Read More...]

Guides

  • Computer Communications
  • Mobile Computing
  • PC Components
  • PC Data Storage
  • PC Input-Output
  • PC Multimedia
  • Processors (CPUs)

Recent Posts

Environmental Issues

Unfortunately, the technology used in laser printers makes ozone an inherent by-product of the printing process. The … [Read More...]

CD-ROM Yellow Book

The Yellow Book was written in 1984 to describe the extension of CD to store computer data, i.e. CD-ROM (Read Only … [Read More...]

Pentium III

Intel's successor to the Pentium II, formerly codenamed Katmai, came to market in the spring of 1999. With the … [Read More...]

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2021 About | Privacy | Contact Information | Wrtie For Us | Disclaimer | Copyright License | Authors