3 Advantages of Digital Cameras
- Date: 2006-12-15 - Word Count: 405
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Nowadays, digital technology has penetrated our everyday lives. From digital cable, digital music and now digital photography. Digital Cameras have become increasingly popular over the last few years and it's no wonder why.
Digital photos are extremely versatile. Since it is a digital file, you can easily send to friends, family via email, store and backup as many as you want on your computer, put it on your blog, website or even package it on a CD for viewing. It can be printed as well and you can edit it as you please with any graphic editing software.
One of the biggest advantages to using digital cameras is that there is not need to process the film like you do with a traditional camera. You do not need to spend money developing the photos. You do not need to worry about exposing the film to light that will ruin the entire film roll.
You can easily preview what you have taken and delete it if you are not satisfied. For traditional film, there is no way to delete an unwanted photo.
Most digital cameras comes with a storage card such as sdcard slot or compact flash slot that can allow you to take many more pictures than a conventional camera can. Typically a sdcard has a storage capacity of 1GB which can store up to 5000 photos depending on the resolution of your digital photos.
These can be transferred easily to any computer and you can backup or edit them easily. Some digital cameras even comes with bundled photo editing software to allow you to edit your photos easily. Most digital cameras can be connected directly to a computer via USB to download the photos.
The newer generation of digital cameras can also function as digital video recorders good for a few hours of recording. While it is not as advanced as a portable camcorder, it is still pretty good and the digital video can also be downloaded and edited easily.
The cost of digital cameras has dropped tremendously over the past few years and you can now get a 2.5 to 3 megapixel digital camera at a affordable price. When you factor in that there is no extra cost incurred such as film processing, film development etc, you can see why it is becoming more and more popular.
Ricky is an avid canon digital camera fan. Visit his site for more digital camera reviews and the best digital camera recommended by him.
Digital photos are extremely versatile. Since it is a digital file, you can easily send to friends, family via email, store and backup as many as you want on your computer, put it on your blog, website or even package it on a CD for viewing. It can be printed as well and you can edit it as you please with any graphic editing software.
One of the biggest advantages to using digital cameras is that there is not need to process the film like you do with a traditional camera. You do not need to spend money developing the photos. You do not need to worry about exposing the film to light that will ruin the entire film roll.
You can easily preview what you have taken and delete it if you are not satisfied. For traditional film, there is no way to delete an unwanted photo.
Most digital cameras comes with a storage card such as sdcard slot or compact flash slot that can allow you to take many more pictures than a conventional camera can. Typically a sdcard has a storage capacity of 1GB which can store up to 5000 photos depending on the resolution of your digital photos.
These can be transferred easily to any computer and you can backup or edit them easily. Some digital cameras even comes with bundled photo editing software to allow you to edit your photos easily. Most digital cameras can be connected directly to a computer via USB to download the photos.
The newer generation of digital cameras can also function as digital video recorders good for a few hours of recording. While it is not as advanced as a portable camcorder, it is still pretty good and the digital video can also be downloaded and edited easily.
The cost of digital cameras has dropped tremendously over the past few years and you can now get a 2.5 to 3 megapixel digital camera at a affordable price. When you factor in that there is no extra cost incurred such as film processing, film development etc, you can see why it is becoming more and more popular.
Ricky is an avid canon digital camera fan. Visit his site for more digital camera reviews and the best digital camera recommended by him.
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