With the software that comes with most digital cameras you download your images - view them - delete ones you do not want to keep (without paying for them) - and do a myriad of things with the rest:
eliminate red eye ?
clone out anything you do not want ?
crop to any desired size ?
zoom in to see whether the image will tolerate enlargement ?
remove shadows ?
change to black & white or sepia -
sharpen the image.
The list goes on and on ? and with basic software, these are the things ANYONE can do. With experience you can do many, many more truly awesome things ? with digital!
Having film developed used to be like ?the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.?
You paid for the developing whether they were good, bad or ugly. NOT WITH DIGITAL! You take ? you load ? you view ? you decide ? and THEN you pay, and only for the ones you want. Ain't digital grand?
Camera to Computer to Printer ?OR ? Camera to Printer. You choose!
If you so desire, you can take pictures and plug them right into your printer and ker-plunk! ? Out come your photographs at whatever sizes your printer prints.
?Hey, what happened to the downtown photo lab?? ?Ah, who needs it? I went digital!?
Portable printers are available ? and quite popular ? that allow you to print your pictures while on vacation ? visiting relatives ? at special functions ?anywhere you have a 110 outlet. That's not unbelievable ? that's digital!
1 ? 2 ? 4 ? even 8 gig memory cards.
That's not hundreds of pictures per card ? which is great in itself. That's thousands of pictures! Thousands! And they take up no room at all. With an extra card in your pocket you are covered. You cannot take this many pictures even in Denali National Park! (I know; I tried).
(Also, if you have a CF or SD card, you can load photos onto your pda)
A Viewfinder.
Have a look ? Take a peek ? Check it out! Whatever you want to call it ? you are looking at the picture that you just took. It doesn't get any better than that! If you do not like what you see ? retake it on the spot.
They Exist On Your Computer.
You took your pictures with the touch of a (shutter) button. It doesn't take much more than that to email these images to family and friends all over the country ? all over the world. If you have a website, it gets even easier.
I know, I know, ?through rain, sleet or snow, the mail will always get through.? But NOT in 60 seconds ? or less!
I could go on about the convenience, the affordability, the video capability (on some models) but you get the picture ? the digital picture, that is!
Going digital can change your whole life for the better, but that's all.
[Did I mention that I like digital?]
Don't take my word for it ? get yours and then ?don't leave home without it!?
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