| 1. Lesser cost | | | | over and over again, they dont learn the discipline |
| One of the advantages that digital cameras | | | | of planning for their shot before actually pressing |
| provide is the fact that it is largely practical and | | | | the button. |
| convenient. There is lesser cost in the long run as | | | | Still, for the amateur photographer, this is like |
| one need not buy films anymore and will need not | | | | manna in heaven as this enables them to easily |
| develop the pictures the old fashion way. They | | | | take good photographs and see their mistakes. |
| would only need to charge the batteries, get a | | | | Disadvantages |
| reasonably large memory stick and they are good | | | | 1. Need for Computer literacy |
| to go. | | | | Similar to film photography where you need to be |
| 2. Better storage | | | | also familiar with working in the dark room, one |
| Photographers can now store the pictures that | | | | needs to have a modicum of computer skills. Not |
| they have taken in their computers and in their | | | | only will you be storing your photographs in the |
| cds, allowing them to use the memory stick over | | | | computer, operating the camera is like operating a |
| and over again. There is no more need to store | | | | small computer. You really have to be computer |
| rolls of film and worry that they might | | | | literate in order to maximize the functions of your |
| disintegrate. | | | | camera. |
| 3. Printing convenience | | | | 2. Artistry is lost |
| Another convenience that digital cameras provide | | | | There are some that argue that artistry and |
| is the fact that it can be printed at home the | | | | spontaneity is lost when using a digital camera |
| same way one would print any kind of file. | | | | because photographers do not shoot using various |
| 4. Trial and Error | | | | effects. For instance, some would not bother to |
| Another convenience that digital cameras provide | | | | blur the background anymore because they can |
| is the fact that one can actually view the photos | | | | fix the photo in Photoshop and other graphic |
| right after taking it and have the option of erasing | | | | programs. One can do a number of things with |
| it when it is not good. This, according to experts, | | | | the computer, erase flaws, fix red eyes and |
| spoils photographers. Because they can do a take | | | | sharpen some features. |