If a few decades ago a photo represented an event of the entire family, today the charm of long time ago is directly proportional with the number of mega pixels. Even so, the purpose of photography has changed, getting a more computerized character, essential in mass media. Also, the cost the variety of digital photo cameras have transformed photography into a necessity.
Advantages of digital photos
Digital photos can be printed with some data, like time and date when the picture was taken, the photo camera model, speed, using of flash, and any other similar information that helps review or sort photos.
You can print photos in physical support much easier, using only a computer and a printer, even on the same type of paper used by regular photos. if you go to a specialized center, photo printing is done much faster.
Photos can be copied from one digital support to another without any degrading.
You have control over the final image by editing it on the computer.
Advantages of digital cameras
You can preview the photos right after they were taken, without waiting to get the film developed. If a photo has problems the photographer can immediately correct it or delete it.
You can capture and store thousands of photos on the same media device based on it’s capacity. Film rolls photo cameras require that you change the film, because they only have 24 or 36 positions available.
Digital cameras have the “moving images” function that allows you to capture clearer moving images in situations in which with a regular camera you would need a tripod.
Digital cameras allows you to modify ISO settings right when you take a picture, for example when the weather changes very suddenly.
Many digital photo cameras include an AV connector to allow viewing of photos on a TV monitor.
You can use digital cameras to take photos or to create videos. With digital cameras you can have an unlimited number of perfect copies of the original photo.
Disadvantages of digital photos
Images with high ISO values can manifest as multicolor points in digital photos. Although these points can be eliminated by using a noise reduction software, this can have a very bad effect on the quality of the images, fine details can be lost in this process.
There is the possibility in the future that some digital photo formats, like JPEG, to become obsolete or to be replaced.
If you don’t know how to work with a computer, the digital format can be very useless to you.
Disadvantages of digital photo cameras
Film cameras can be features controlled either by electronic settings by also manual, but digital photo cameras are dependent by electricity ( usually batteries or charging cable ).
A lot of the digital sensors have a less dynamic range than color films. Even so, some new cameras have improved this issue.
From time to time professional cleaning of the camera is required to eliminate dust particles from inside it.
