Analogue Camera Or Digital Camera

Gone are the days when the laborious task of taking the picture with a giant gizmo. Nowadays the quote is the smaller- the- trendier’ and the sleeker-the-smarter’. Obviously, people feel more comfortable when the gadgets are smart and compact. This is very true in case of digital cameras. The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera was in 1975 by Steven Sasson , an engineer at Eastman Kodak after which a great revolution took place in the field of photography. In fact, it gave a new lease of life to photography. The chores and boredom process of photography became the story of yore with the advent of digital cameras. As a matter of fact, the market is huge and the competition also is stiff. Digital camera is no way an exception. At present, umpteen brands are available in market.

It’s a long time mutual conflict between the digital cameras and analogue cameras. In most of the cases, digital camera surpasses the film (analogue) camera in its functional aspects. Although it is an inevitable fact that film photography plays a considerable role in the modern era. The idea of the combination of both digital and film camera has achieved an enormous success recently. There is plethora of choices available in case of digital camera to choose with. Starting with 3 megapixels, (which is comparable to a good quality shoot camera) the pixel range of digital camera goes beyond 10 megapixels which is capable of delivering seamless image quality and clarity.

Professional quality digital SLR camera are also available that is capable of delivering 20megapixel images. This will be helpful for professional photographers and those who require highest quality images. Another interesting fact is that the results are similar for both film and digital cameras, particularly in case of outdoor shots. In this case the results are almost indistinguishable between digital and film camera.

With poor lightings, photos taken with both types of cameras are subjected to granularity and distortion. However, most of the user doesn’t bother these issues much. Many cool soft wares are now available to reduce the artifacts and distortions regardless of the source either from a digital camera or from a film print that is scanned in as survey and many reviews says that people opting digital cameras because of its inherent flexibility.

In case of film photography, the image quality primarily relates to the lens and film whereas in case of digital camera, the quality is impacted by the amount of resolution the camera is capable of and the image processing that happens inside the camera when the shot is taken. In case of many higher-end cameras, the picture is taken in raw’ format. This bypasses the image processing done in the camera. This process will be handled by the photographer at a later stage. This ensures a better control over the final image.

Some of the main advantages to digital photography are:
You can preview the images easily and can ignore bad shots and can re-take a particular shot till you satisfy yourself.
You no need to change your memory sticks every time like film cameras. You can re-use the memory card by formatting. This effectively saves your money.
Sharing the pictures is very easy as the pictures can be readily transferred to the computers and other printable devices. This saves your time considerably.
You can manipulate the previously taken shots with the help of software. You can crop the unwanted spots, change the tone, fine tune the particular spot, remove red eye and many more cool stuffs can be performed.

Nowadays many professional photographers as well as amateur camera users are turning to digital cameras. This is due to the key fact that the process is simple and fast. Though the flare towards digital cameras is high on octane with the modern photographers, the analogue cameras still stands a paragon of legendary photographers.