Advantages of Digital Cameras... who owns them? Worth it?

[DannyLove]

of course they are worth it. I have a Nikon 950 and I've used it a lot. The quality is just too detailed. go to my site and see for yourself. (sig)

danny~!

 

[Miramonti]

I've got a sony ds70 and its a great camera but useless without an excellent printer, which I don't have yet. Otherwise the photos just sit on the computer.

 

[RussianSoldier]

i bought a little apitek pencam.

holds 107 low resolution pictures
26 HR pictures
15 seconds of low resolution video

about as tall as a pen.

 

[jamesave]

I've got coolpix 995, and love it

I like it because I don't have to print them out anymore! (Cost and time efficiency)

 

[Sketchy]

Just got a PowerShot S300 - it's amazing. I carry it around everywhere nowadays because of its portability. Of course, carrying it around more = more pictures, so I guess the cost is justified in my case. Not having to develop film is a joy. Having to buy an extra battery and a bigger flash card was kind of annoying though, after I paid a nice chunk of change to get the camera in the first place. But, it's all worth it. Hopefully, I won't have to buy another one for a long time.

 

[CrazyJamaican]

I got the HP315 on a deal from Hot Deals . i take a lot more pics than usual cuz if u don't like a pic u cna alwayz delete and there is no fril to buy nad proccess. I don't see why neone would buy a 355 mm camera. . .

 

[Thegonagle]

Weezergirl, those are beautiful back yard pictures. It looks like a very relaxing place to be.

I will buy the best digital camera I can afford after I buy a new bicycle. I've always been a bit of a shutterbug, but I also hate dealing with the film and processing.

 

[BearX00]

I've got the powershot G1 and it takes amazing pictures. they came out with the g2 recently and it looks kick ass too. nothing better than being able to take hundreds of pictures and basically paying the one time fee for the equipment(memory, tripods, lenses, but those are basically normal camera stuff cept memory of course ) definately worth having on, especially since you can delete those horrible or underexposed ones.

 

[KR]

I started with an Olympus 340R which seems to have become something of a "standard" in the no-zoom arena and after taking something like 1000 pictures with it in the year and a half I owned it, picked up a D-460Z. Both take surprisingly good snaps and I haven't used a film camera for almost a year. I'd say that the ability to discard unwanted shots, no processing costs and a one-time cost for media has offset the purchase costs to a point that the digital camera is almost free. About 20 rolls of film purchased and processed pretty much equals the cost of a moderate digital camera.

I regularly enlarge to 8 X10 or do a full-page print of a segment of a shot and the quality, even in the mid quality setting, continues to impress me.

Immediatel access to pictures - excellent!

Inexpensive Processing - absolutely - about $0.15 per full page print on el-cheapo photo quality paper

Digital Camera Breakdown -

Digital Zoom Camera or good non-zoom camera - $200.00

Media/Memory costs - 64MB Smartmedia for about $36.00 - one time purchase, plus 8MB included with the camera (figure 20% of price per year) - $7.20/year

Batteries - 2 sets of 4- NiMh AA's and charger for about $30.00 -or- about 6.00/year

1 - Color Inkjet Cartridge (will certainly print the 75 "keepers" in 8X10 or a whole lot of 3x5's. - 32.00

4 pkg's of "generic" photo qual. paper - $10.00

USB media Reader - $20.00 - 4.00/year


First year cost (one-time items included in first year) - $328.00

Second and additional year cost (accessories paid in first year) - $42.00

First year cost (one time items amortized over 5 yrs) - $259.20

Second and additional year cost (accessories amortized over 5 yrs)- $59.20
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Compare that to a similar 35MM pocket zoom :

Camera - 200.00

20 rolls of 36 exp film @ $3.00/roll - $ 60.00

20 rolls of Processing @ $6.00 - $120.00

Gas to take in and pick-up film - $ 20.00

Camera Battery - $ 5.00

Of 720 pictures that were taken , figure about 10% are keepers... the rest just sorta get thrown into the "picture box" and never see the light of day again.

Total cost for about 75 35MM "keeper" photos, including camera - $405.00 the first year, $205 per year after that. If you decide to scan and enlarge your keepers at home with your system, add $42.00/yr for ink and paper.



Digital Worth it? Absolutely!