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Steve Jobs to Be Inducted Into International Photography Hall of Fame

My wife and I were in Waikiki on 10/5/11, as we got married the next day, and when we landed we heard the news. What was surreal was walking past the Apple Store (oops, Apple Waikiki 🙂 ), and there were flowers and cards and there were a ton of hawaiian leis. I think my wife took photo of this - will need to dig it up.

I think my favorite product he introduced was the iPhone 2G. If you haven't seen it, watch it when you get a chance.
 
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Oh come on. We're still going with the idea that he "invented" the iPhone, and now apparently camera phones? There were camera phones that came out before the iphone that had better camera hardware (5 mp) and software (video recording) than the iPhone.
 
ErnestPWorrell said:
Oh come on. We're still going with the idea that he "invented" the iPhone, and now apparently camera phones? There were camera phones that came out before the iphone that had better camera hardware (5 mp) and software (video recording) than the iPhone.
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Jobs obviously did not invent the camera phone. However, the way he and Apple engineers packaged the camera into the iPhone's physical design as well as integrated the photos with the other apps on the iPhone has made the cell phone camera photos incredibly popular. Those photos/videos have had a truly profound effect on the lives of many.

People are fixated on the iPhone and the photos that it captures, but the Macintosh has been used for many great things in regards to photography. From curating images in iPhotos/Photos, to Aperture to presenting and displaying those photos in various applications such as Pages, Keynote and iMovie. Of course being able to transmit important images to recipients very easy has also been important to the proud parents and the photo-journalists on the other side of the world.

While Windows and Lynix computers have been able to do all of these things, it has been so much simpler with shorter workflow to do on a Apple product.

I do believe that rather than giving this credit to 'Steve Jobs', this museum should have given credit to 'the innovative designers and engineers at Apple.'
 
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Bubba Satori said:
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I remember the QuickTake camera. I did not own, but used one back in the day and thought it was a fantastic tool. I showed students how easy it was to take their photos and add their images to my gradebook. I explained how it allowed me to easily put a face to a name when doing grades and attendance with less time waste. I remember attending a demo where local Crime Scene Investigators were seeing how it would speed up their evidence gathering and being able to present reports more quickly to investigators. They also saw how those primitive jpgs could be accused of being manipulated defense lawyers. My, how attitudes have changed.
 
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Well deserved.

Jobs didn't invent the camera but the Mac put graphics on the computer desktop (obviously along with other companies like Adobe). My first picture on a Mac was a microscope slide of nerve cells from the lab in which I worked. We photocopied the slide with a microfiche photocopier. We then fed the photocopy through a ImageWriter II that had its print head replaced with a laser(or perhaps LED)/photodiode combination (a product called ThunderScan). Instead of putting pixels on the page, the ImageWriter II/light source/photodiode combination measured the light bouncing back from the photocopy at 144 dpi as it scanned back and forth like it was printing something. I remember people crowding around my Mac+ as the first image was displayed. I also remember the delight of being able to include photo's in a document without having to put in photographic plates. Saved me weeks of dark room work for my PhD thesis....

These days, of course, you can go straight from the microscope slide to an iMac using a consumer-level flatbed scanner in seconds rather than hours, but it is worth remembering what a difference the Mac made in the computer processing of images for the consumer.
 
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Well deserved. The iPhone single-handedly changed the photography industry. Perhaps more importantly, it changed our approach to photography and videography. It made taking pictures and video something nearly anyone could do anytime and anywhere as opposed to needing to plan ahead to bring a camera or camcorder with you.
 
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VulchR said:
(a product called ThunderScan).
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I did not know about ThunderScan. Thank you for sharing that information.

When I was a college history student in the early 1990's i had an ImageWriter II and added a 5 color ribbon. Using a primitive geography program (I don't remember the name of) I would include maps of the countries and regions on the covers of the research papers i submitted. Most of the teachers had never seen that done and would want me to teach them how to do it.
 
I am sure the camera quality of the iPhone was curated by Steve. The iPhone has had a huge impact on photography and I'd rather give the credit to the man who made the iPhone possible than to Apple.

If only there were a Watch Band hall of fame....Tim Cook would be first in line for that trophy. Steve gave us a fantastic camera....Tim.....rainbow watch bands that no one can buy.
 
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EiriasEmrys said:
Thank you. Was totally thinking this. Steve was all about making computers personal, what's more personal in tech than the design of your wristwatch?
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Steve would have said "great, you've shown me a $10,000 device that tells me I have a text. (throws behind him) ...I don't think so. Let's try again. Now back to Mac Pro....it has to be a square box........"
 
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CrystalQuest76 said:
I did not know about ThunderScan. Thank you for sharing that information.

When I was a college history student in the early 1990's i had an ImageWriter II and added a 5 color ribbon. Using a primitive geography program (I don't remember the name of) I would include maps of the countries and regions on the covers of the research papers i submitted. Most of the teachers had never seen that done and would want me to teach them how to do it.
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ThunderScan was a great idea for the time. The output was dithered and monochrome, but it was passable for what I had to do. Ah, the good old days.... To me the Mac revolution wasn't so much about mice or menu's but about QuickDraw being installed on the ROM on the motherboard.

In any case, if anyone doubts the Mac contributed to photography, just ask Kodak. 😉
 
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mellomike said:
I hate to sound all mushy.... but I miss Steve so much. He was my hero growing up. :-(
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Same here, but then I also started to read up on him and how he was. Definitely re-framed how I view him as far as the "hero status" went, but I'll give him credit for being a visionary.
 
Sorry to be buzzkill, but Ridiculous...

I think not earned. Photography has a very rich history, I know I use to teach it in college.... This year's inductees are less than impressive, especially Jobs.
 
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