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What’s so great about Digital Photography?

The quality of digital photography has improved so much that it is possible to produce photos that equal or even rival the quality of film. The equipment I use is the professional camera from Fujifilm called the S2 Pro. It is based on the Nikon F100 body and has the latest technology in the optical sensor. Tests done by Practical Photography rate its optical resolution at 9 mega pixels. The average digital camera nowadays are in the region of 2-3 mega pixels.

Having said that, there is the unquestionable flexibility and convenience of digital photography. I can take as many photographs as I want to and not be concerned about the cost. If I’m uncertain about the photo I have just taken, I can just have a look at it and make adjustments if necessary and take another one. At the end of the day I can manipulate them and change them in my computer, all without loss of quality.

Other advantages of Digital Photography are as follows:.

  1. The image will never degenerate. Conventional photography is based on chemistry. Chemicals change over time and can deteriorate. Digital images are made up of 1's and 0's and can never deteriorate provided they are stored and backed up onto reliable storage media. I have 2 back-up copies of all my photographs.
     
  2. Storage and retrieval is simple. Software is available today that makes the storage and retrieval of images extremely easy. You can name the image files in a logical way that there is no doubt as to who belongs to which photograph. You don't have to have a large filing cabinet with many folders and a sophisticated filing system to store digital images.
     
  3. To expand on the previously mentioned issue of the manipulation of images, the extent to which you can manipulate an image is limited only by your imagination (and your computer skills). Retouching photos, correcting the colour balance, changing to black and white or sepia tones, applying soft focus and removing unwanted parts of a photograph are examples of simple manipulation techniques. An example of a more advanced manipulation technique is seamlessly copying a part of one image into another image without it appearing contrived. (Click here to see examples)