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Time To Take Advantage Of That Digital Camera – Shoot It Right

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There was a time when digital cameras first came out that die hard photographers would not even consider giving a digital camera a second look. Now more often than not even the most professional of photographers have come over to the digital age. So is this truly a better art form on top of the old film cameras or are we loosing an art form. With the many advances in technology it may be time for the old film style cameras to see their last days in even the amateur photographers camera bag. So check out the video on the some basic need to know digital camera features and share your comments after the article about the basics of digital cameras.

Digital Camera Basics

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Digital Camera Basics

An electronics on-line discussion forum contains a story about an elderly woman who wanted a simple camera to take pictures of her grandchildren. When she received a digital camera for Christmas, she looked puzzled for a moment and then asked, “Where do you put in the film?” This humorous example demonstrates how the revolutionary technology of digital cameras may be mystifying for those who have difficulty grasping the concept of a “filmless” camera! For almost a century, photography enthusiasts sagely discussed such topics as 35mm film, light meters and F-stops; today, digital cameras have made such topics all but obsolete.
Howstuffworks.com contains an article by Gurevich, Karim, and Wilson that greatly simplifies an explanation of how digital cameras work. Very simply, they explain that CDs, mp3’s, and DVDs all share the same technology: they convert traditional analog “wave” data into digital data based upon “bits.” In so doing, this radical shift in technology has changed greatly – and forever – how we do things and what has become possible including digital “filmless” cameras. While film cameras depend upon chemical and mechanical processes, digital cameras contain a computer that records images electronically. Read More »