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[msmemory_archive]

Growing up, I had a little Instamatic camera, and getting one roll of pictures developed and printed so I could see how they looked cost me $5-$7 in 1978 dollars. I didn't do lots of experimentation - there's nothing like listening to the grumpy parent whose head is cut off in the picture and who has to pay for printing my beginner's mistakes.

I'm feeling rather giddy still (and my flist is probably going to have to listen to me burble for a while) that I can take thousands of pictures, throw away the iffy or repetitive ones, and not spend any money at all on development or printing. I might even get good at composition and eye.

And make as many new icons as I like, too (like this palm tree one).

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[kls-eloise.livejournal.com]

It took me longer to get hooked on that. My brother gave us our digital camera just before we went to Ireland in 2004. Over the course of four days, I took 200 or so pictures. The following year we went to Salt Lake City for my cousins wedding, and I took 400 or so in two days because I'd finally figured out that I should just take pictures and sort them out later. What fun!

But they're just not the same quality as my 1976 era 35mm takes, which is why I just got the light meter repaired so that it can go for another 30 years. (That one, however, doesn't fit in my purse!)

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

Electrons are cheap - use as many as you like.
PC-based processing can also cover over a multitude of photographic sins.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

The digitals are great for that reason -- we take a lot of pics on vacations, museum trips, etc. now, because of not having to print out everything. And being able to place with photos -- cropping, color balancing, etc. Enjoy!

[cellio]

This is the feature that attracted me to digital cameras, yes -- that, and the immediate feedback so I can tell that my picture sucked and I should try again. The little LCD screen won't tell me a lot about details of focus and lighting, but it'll tell me if I cut off someone's head, and I'm still a beginner working on composition and stuff. "F stop" is jargon to me. :-)