1880 You had to be a chemist and an optics expert 1900 The pro stuff now has options but Eastman made it easy for Average Joe 1950 Today we've got them in an instant 1970 Film cartridges are so convenient 1980 Electronics automated the complex stuff 2000 All this automation has made it too complicated 2010 Today I took a picture of myself with my phone. Aren't I special. 2020 It's not a camera. It's a computer with a lens.

On 1/18/2023 7:52 AM, collinb@brendemuehl.net wrote: > 1880 You had to be a chemist and an optics expert > > 1900 The pro stuff now has options but Eastman made it easy for Average Joe > > 1950 Today we've got them in an instant > > 1970 Film cartridges are so convenient > > 1980 Electronics automated the complex stuff > > 2000 All this automation has made it too complicated > > 2010 Today I took a picture of myself with my phone. Aren't I special. > > 2020 It's not a camera. It's a computer with a lens. > Actually, they've been computers with lenses since the mid 1980s. bill

Bill wrote: > Actually, they've been computers with lenses since the mid 1980s. > > bill Of course. Dedicated microcontrollers, more like the logic processors in your washing machine that operates transparent to the user.