Digital Cameras OT 65

My camera shop recently put out an interesting sheet comparing digital cameras with standard film cameras - which I can't just lay my hands on at present. (I will scan for original poster if I find it.) But each format does have distinct strengths-weaknesses. I have both kinds of camera and use them for different purposes. If I am wanting a photo I can send quickly on via computer to family, of course I will use digital, and in these circumstances I am not after quality.

The quality of image obtainable from a mid-price digital camera has certainly improved recently, but old-style film has some real advantages over digital. An image captured properly on negative film can be enlarged to show up very fine details: with digital, what you see in the captured image is very much all you can get.

An issue with taking photos of old documents, photos off the wall etc with both digital and film cameras is that most cameras have a limit on how close you can be under ordinary circumstances for things to be in focus.

If you use a film camera, these days most developing shops can give you the images on a CD for not too great an extra charge, in which case you can then load them onto your computer without needing a scanner.

Margaret