Digital Photography

Digital photography has virtually replaced film photography. Fairly new as the 21st Century began, it quickly overcame film within the first five years of the new Millennium.

Digital removed a lot of hassle. There was no film to buy or film processing to worry about. One need not have a scanner to upload images to their computer. And, higher end digital SLRs soon seriously competed with film for image quality.

The writing was on the wall, digital was here to stay, and film would soon be virtually dead. Companies like Nikon and Canon announced there would be no new film cameras. Kodak and other film manufacturers cut back on film production. Film processing labs began closing and/or moving to only making prints from digital images.

Film photography, of course, did not die. It would still linger on, but as the primary photographic medium of the professionals and the masses, it was no longer.

Although I still preferred film, I also knew that I had to move to digital, at least to some degree. If interested, you can see my progression into digital photography by clicking on the following link. My Digital Quest or view some of the other digital links below.

Although I didin't start out with a digital SLR, that would be my natural destination, and for the most part, digital SLR photography works the same way as film SLR photography. The basics of understanding exposure, composition, seeing pictures, remained the same.

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