Digital cameras have many advantages and usages that are not possible with film, and the business and pleasure of photography has really come a long way since the first patent was issued for a camera in 1826.

Back then, the only two available options were 110 mm or 135 mm film cameras which required a separate flash for optimum resolution images.

How times have changed…

No more film and nosy developers
Today, no longer is it necessary to haphazardly take pictures and cross your fingers and hope you got the shots you really wanted. Nor is also necessary to make that special trip to have your special film processed by your nosy and gossipy developer who, out of the kindness of his heart and generous nature to be developing your film, may have shared your kodak moments of the trip to the Caspian Desert where you ended up sitting on a cactus plant in your super mad rush to the bathroom, and caught on film…with the rest of the staff!

You get the picture!

Unlimited Camera choices…
With the advent of Digital photography, the limit becomes your imagination!
Digital Cameras now come in all shapes, colors and sizes, some with amazing retractable lenses, whilst some have interchangeable lenses that can be used from one camera to the other of the same brand of camera.

Unlimited storage capacity

The advantages of using digital Cameras are great. You have that instant gratification with your pictures, which you can immediately see using the LCD screen your camera might have and, should you not be happy with the end result, there’s always the delete button and back to retaking the picture that would make the paparazzi green with envy!

Not withstanding the shutter speed, you literally have unlimited storage capacity of the pictures you can take, depending on the memory card you happen to be using. In today’s high tech environment, you can purchase SDHD memory with a capacity of up to 64GB!

That’s more capacity than most laptops on the market today will ever have!

No more squint eyes!
Remember when the only way you could take pictures was through a tiny viewfinder located right in the corner and you had to squint real hard to make sense of the image you were intending to take?

Well, thank goodness that’s a thing of the past now, because Digital cameras come with large LCD screens you can immediately use to position and capture your images. With this advantage comes the pesky paparazzi who can take overhead shots without looking through the lens! This is where you raise the camera over your head when you cannot visually see the target you’re intending to take a picture of.

Easy Photo Edit
First was the black and white film, then came the color film and photography was never the same again…then black and white film, like vinyl records, came at a premium price for those who desired them just because black and white pics are timeless and rare!

Well, hello software!

With the software available on the market today, such as Photoshop or illustrator, color pictures can be converted to black and white, red eye removal, backgrounds added or deleted, “other” people added to your photos etc…again, the limit here is your imagination!

All weather conditions…
With digital cameras, your sensor settings can be changed on the fly for each photo taken.

With a click of a button, your camera can be changed from indoor to outdoor mode, or vice-versa, low light to night photography etc. Some cameras, especially SLR (Single Lens Reflex) will automatically sense the light conditions and change the sensor mode accordingly. This is literally like changing a roll of film to the optimized for every photo you shoot – the best ISO, color features and more.

Diamonds are forever?…
Just as with diamonds, your digital photographs never lose their quality! A digital photo on disc will be in good quality and standing today as it will be in a millennium to come. As long as you refresh your digital media every now and then and back them up, your photos will literally last forever with no quality degradation.

Happy snapping!

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