Thin is In With Compact Digital Cameras
Thin Is In With Compact Digital Cameras
by Brandon Layne
Remember when instant photos from your new Polaroid was the latest thing in photography? Self-developing film was brand new, and everyone was in love with the idea of getting a finished photo within seconds after they snapped a shot. Even professional photographers used them for test shots.
Today, most people choose the convenience of a digital camera for their photography needs. Digital cameras offer so many advantages over their bulkier, slower, and more inconvenient counterparts. Now, we can immediately view our photos on the digital camera LCD screen, and print copies for the entire clan without sending off film for development and waiting for it to be processed. Technology has made digital cameras capable of very high resolution, and the compact digital cameras are small enough to fit in your shirt pocket.
Compact digital cameras have attracted the attention of eager shoppers wanting a camera that they can carry around easily and conveniently. A compact digital camera comes in such small sizes that they can easily fit any carry bags, folders, or pockets - and there is no need to carry bulky extra film.
The innovations haven’t stopped there. These days, a compact digital camera can even be as small and as thin as a credit card! Take the Casio Exilim EX-Z55 compact digital camera. It’s smaller than the palm of your hand, and so thin that it could easily fit in your wallet.
Thin is definitely in, and it’s the direction that compact digital cameras are taking these days. You can carry it wherever you want, and getting candid snapshots is much easier because of its small size.
With high resolution, digital and optical zooming, and backup memory that could store thousands upon thousands of pictures, it would be hard to go back to the days of film development again. With a compact digital camera, you can instantly view the images you have taken, via an LCD screen that usually comes even with the card-sized compact digital cameras!
Another astounding feature of digital cameras in general is their connectivity. Want to send your kids’ pictures to grandma? Just plug your compact digital camera into a computer via a USB cable, and upload the pictures. Then you can deliver them digitally via email.
The compact digital camera is up to the task of capturing life’s most memorable moments and saving them indefinitely.
Brandon Layne is a “serious amateur”, using both 35mm film cameras and digital cameras - primarily for action shots and outdoor photography. He publishes current digital photography news and digital camera reviews.
