WiFi Comes To Digital Cameras - Wow! What's
Next?
Sintilia Miecevole

First we had to get over the whole film thing after a nation of
baby boomers had been raised on Kodak, Polaroid, and 35mm film
cameras of various shapes and sizes. We were all use to the
idea of sending in our film for developing and waiting for our
pictures to come back.

Then along came digital cameras and the world was taken by
storm with this cool new technology. Suddenly you could take a
picture and see the results immediately. At first these cameras
were slow and not such great quality but still kind of cool.
Then things heated up and now we have fantastic digital cameras
of all sizes and shapes that can take wonderful images which can
be shared instantly with your family, or the rest of the world
for that matter.

Now comes the latest in technology integration. WiFi and
digital cameras. No need to even plug your camera memory card
into a computer, or a printer at all. Now you can buy a digital
camera that transmits the images via wireless technology. Yes,
that is right, a wireless connection for your image uploads.

Now, you may be among those in the population that have not
even gotten their hands around the whole digital image sharing
thing yet. But this promising new technology may lead us to a
world of fewer cables to plug in, quicker transfer of our
images, and in the case of events in the world, the ability to
share images of news almost instantly.

As we saw in the recent bombings in London, folks with cell
phone cameras recorded the devastation they saw in the
underground and shared it with the world in almost real time
fashion. These new cameras may be able to take that sort of
thing to an all new level. Imagine cities that implement
widespread WiFi access and photographers with WiFi cameras
capturing images of news and other special events. They could
transmit those images right away and let the world see them.

Here is how it works:

Nikon has released two models of digital cameras that are WiFi
enabled. The idea is to be able to transmit your pictures
straight from the camera to your computer or printer through a
wireless adaptor. You bring up the images to transfer, hit
"go", and they get sent through the air to your printer. The
Coolpix P1 and P2 will be in the $400-$550 range in pricing and
the adaptor is extra.

They are competing with Kodak which released its own version of
the WiFi camera in their Easy Share line of cameras this year.
Kodak has already gone to making it easy to share photos by
transmitting them at so called "wireless hot spots", usually
cafes or stores where wireless access is sold or given away to
customers. These efforts by the leading camera makers seem
aimed at adding value to their already impressive digital
technology.

Digital cameras continue to be hot sellers despite what some in
the industry thought would be a slowing of sales this year. Many
had predicted that cell phone cameras would slow digital camera
sales, but this is not happening.

If you are a leading edge gadget buyer and have a wireless
mindset then you may want to be first on the block to get one
of these Wi-Fi digital cameras.


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