There are disadvantages to digital cameras. Only you can compare the disadvantages to the advantages and decide what your preference is.
Some of the disadvantages are:
* Many believe the quality of digital photos is inferior to those of conventional film cameras.
* Unlike digital cameras, some film cameras work without batteries, or power needed to use CCD/CMOS sensors.
* Lack of batteries is a real advantage when shooting in remote locations.
* Film cameras offer various types of film, like used with infrared light, there is no digital camera available commercially that has the equivalent. While they can be converted to be very sensitive to infrared light, it often takes very long periods of exposure.
* Film is still the most admissible in court as it is much more difficult to change than digital.
* Film offers a more quality reproduction for human perception; this is called the dynamic range.
* Film has varying sized 35 mm, full-format, half-format etc.
* Digital cameras are more sensitive to heat, extreme cold and moisture than film cameras, and are therefore not as efficient in the areas of the world which meet these extreme conditions.
The advantages of digital cameras far outweigh the disadvantages in the more prosperous countries like Western Europe and the United States; for most consumers, they are quite advantageous. The professional community, however, isn't so clear cut on this issue, being about equally split in their opinions. The photographer now does much of the work after shooting that was once done by a photo lab.
Some of the problems professionals have spoken of include:
* RAW files take longer when editing and post-processing than 35mm film.
* Valuable shooting time can be lost while downloading large number of photos into a computer.
* Digital cameras can't always be fixed on location as easily as some of the film cameras.
* The necessity of carrying extra batteries for digital cameras increases the load the photographer must carry into the more remote locations.
Even with the numerous complaints, it is believed that as technology advances, more and more professionals with change to digital photography.
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