A Digital Camera
The first time I
laid my eyes on a digital camera was in the year 2000. The
company I was working with had a very technology savvy CEO.
While he was an otherwise nice person, he had one major
failing. He would go out and acquire the latest and the best of
technological gadgets and gizmos. If that was all he did, it
would be fine. But he would bring these back to the office to
‘share’ with us. It might have seemed like sharing to him, but
to the rest of us (who, by the way were all under-paid) it felt
as though he were gloating!
Anyways, to get
back to the topic at hand, he one day came into office with a
digital camera and showed it off to us. Now, having never
before seen an actual camera, one of the first things I did
when it came into my hands was to look for the film housing.
But try looking for some crevice like that in a digital camera
which more closely resembles a block of shiny metal! Needless
to say, I was perplexed much to the amusement of my
colleagues.
But then, it felt
good to be holding a digital camera in my hands. Admittedly,
film cameras were still not out of fashion, but digital cameras
were slowly but steadily making their presence felt. And why
not? A digital camera has so many advantages over a
conventional film based camera. For one thing, a digital camera
does not use film, instead, capturing the image directly onto
the hard disk or a flash based memory. Not only does this help
one save on repeated costs, it also enables easy conversion and
mailing of photographs in digital format. So, with a digital
camera, you no longer need printers, printing accessories or
even scanners. Just connect, upload and share your photographs
with your friends and loved ones.
Of course there
are those who feel that a digital camera takes away from the
essence of photography – the artistic stage where the
photographer is able to touch-up on the photographs during the
development stage in order to highlight a few factors or even
to conceal any flaws. But with the omnipresence of digital
image manipulation tools like Photoshop among a host of others,
a digital camera is a potent tool that can make an artist of
even the most clumsy of us. So the next time you want to go in
for a good camera, make sure you go for a digital
camera.
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