The Impact of the Digital Camera
Digital cameras have changed the way that cameras are processed and operate. These operate by capturing images digitally and storing them in digital containers that do not need the use of negative films. In a way, digital cameras have made the negative film a thing of the past. There are still some people who use negative film for taking cameras but these are usually the professional photographers who have yet to discover the advances of the digital camera.
Benefits of a Digital Camera
Digital cameras save on negative film costs, both for buying the film and for developing it to produce the pictures. For those who do not develop their pictures and just store them in a CD, the CD is cheaper than the processing and copying fees. The images are digitally stored in memory cards that vary in size. The bigger the size of the memory card, the more images the user can store in them.
Digital cameras are basically smaller compared to the 35 mm cameras. Up to this very day, many digital camera manufacturers are making them smaller and smaller. They are also thinner and more versatile compared to the older versions that have initially come out. The digital camera is easier to carry along due to their smaller size and thinness.
The digital camera memory cards have also gotten bigger in the aspect of their storage capacity in the past few years. Although the memory cards are relatively more expensive than film, the fact that they can be reused makes them cheaper in the long run. The memory cards are also smaller than negative films which make carrying them along no problem at all since many of these storage devices are just a little bit thicker than a CD and have the dimensions of half a calling card.
Another advantage of a digital camera is that it allows instant preview of the images that you have captured. This innovative feature allows you to select and preview an image in order for you to decide if you want to keep it or delete it. If you have run out of space in your memory card or memory stick, you can pick out whichever image you wish to delete and make space for more.
The digital camera has indeed come a long way from their initial prototypes which were developed in the eighties. Today, digital cameras outsell their 35 mm predecessors and are still in high demand. More and more people are buying them instead of the 35 mm cameras.
