HW6: Photography Technology: Rise of the Digital Cameras

                Film cameras are now dying. Some of them can now only be seen in the museums and art galleries. Some are kept inside the chest box, and others were just displayed on top of cabinets and tables. It is sad to say that their time has passed, and a new and better one has replaced them. Since film cameras were invented, the field of photography has enlightened. Only on the end of 20^th century, a noise was created; digital cameras have now risen.

                I have come across these articles about digital cameras, and I wonder why after a long time that film cameras have been in this world, it was suddenly replaced by digital cameras. With the articles entitled Advantages and Disadvantages of Film and Digital and Digital Photography Technology, I have come up with the following reasons why people prefer to buy and use digital cameras:

• Accessibility

Photographs taken through digital cameras are easy to attain. In just one click, after a few seconds, you can already see the image, and if it’s unsuccessful, you can easily delete it and take another one. Digital cameras are versatile in a way that the photographs taken are can be easily be uploaded into your computers or send to other devices. With this, you can also edit your photographs for a more personalized style that you want.

• Maximized Storage of Photographs

Unlike in film cameras, digital cameras don’t need a lot of rolls of film. With a memory card, you can now store hundreds to thousands of photographs, not relying on the size of it, but the memory it can hold. You can also store it in your personal computers and have a permanent storage wherein you can print anytime. This is cheaper than buying film in which there is a very limited number of photographs that can be taken.

• High-Quality Photographs

Although digital cameras have higher initial cost, it provides then high- quality photographs. Digital cameras have built-in filters and adjusting features in which you can choose on what type is the image better.

• Time-Saving

First, photographs taken by digital cameras are immediately seen. You can review at a glance without waiting for the film to be developed. You can also delete the blurred ones and take as much as you want. Second, the images can be copied from one device to another without destroying the image and not taking so much of your time. Third, when transferring it to your computer, the photographs don’t need to be scanned anymore. And lastly, you can print them anywhere and anytime you want.

• Other Features

We can never deny the fact that digital cameras are much lighter, carrying a small memory card, than film    cameras with the roll of film. Moreover, digital cameras can already shoot video and record audio, and of course, they are rechargeable. Also, one thing that is very well-known, they are high-resolution which means they have the ability to produce high-quality photographs.

                Even though film cameras are now just a part of the beautiful history of photography, it is one good thing that we are on the event of innovation and development. And as of now, more researches and inventions were made contributing to the progress of photography technology. We will not realize that one time; it has already conquered our world.