There’s been news lately about the film camera makes stopping thier production and/or development. After getting a digital camera at Christmas it’s easy to see why. The digital camera is just easier. It combines the speed and easy of a Polaroid with the quality of a cheap 35mm with the options of a computer based technology.
The little LCD screen on the back lets you share the photo with the person who was just in it. There’s no waiting like with a Polaroid. It’s funny to me that the LCD is about the size of the pictures my mom took with her camera in the 1970’s.
The cheap and huge storage makes archival easier. I got a 512mb card with my camera. That’s about 480 pictures. There’s no need to carry 4-6 temporary cameras for a trip. My camera has everything I’ve ever taken with it.
The other day I needed some prints of some particularly good pictures. I just went into Walmart and got 2 5×7s and an 8×10 for 10 bucks. Besides that I haven’t any money on pictures since December last year.
Since the camera is a mini computer it has all sorts of features like autoflash detection, digital zoom to 16x, image stabilization, red eye removal, and more. It easily integrates with the computer to post the pictures on the internet for everyone to see. You don’t have to carry them around, so that two months later you can look at the pictures. They can be available the next day.
I’m extremely please with the digital camera. Everyone should have one.