"Twins"
These following photos were taken with a 1.1 megapixel digital camera (Sony TRV20 camcorder) and show the nice quality of photos one can post on the web with even a small resolution digital resolution camera. (Previous photos were 3.3 MP) I have been a photographer, with my own darkroom since I was fifteen years old, but as of this year I've switched over completely to digital photography replacing my SLR with a Sony digital. Although the initial cost for a semi-pro camera runs about $700, the money saved on developing, darkroom chemicals, and time doing photo editing is substantial, and will surely pay for itself quickly, especially if you are addicted to snapping lots of photos. High quality photo quality paper can be had for as little as 30 cents for 8X10s (Office Depot), and a $200 HP printer does incredible work. AND-- hell, you don't EVEN need paper photos hardly any more- almost everything I look at is on my computer, and I rarely actually print photos these days.
For most consumers, satisfactory and quite adequate results can be had with many cameras in the 1 to 2 megapixel range, and will produce good size computer photos similar to those following, and 5X7 paper stills. Even smaller 600X900K REALLY cheapo cameras will produce photos good enough for the web, provided you don't try to enlarge them too much. Decent photo editing software is very useful, with the Adobe Elements being tops for around $60 (easily found on sale), and other slightly not as good programs found cheaper or even for free. (Elements and Photoshop LE allows very accurate tweaking of individual colors which is inevitable for profesional or best quality photo images, ESPECIALLY necessary with the cheaper less accurate cameras.)
There is a lot of BAD and WRONG information out there regarding digital cameras. SO-
These are the absolute BEST, TRUTHFUL, and most CONSCIENSIOUS sites I have found to date
for
comparing digital cameras and their images:
Steve's Digicams
Imaging Resource (Make sure and try this site's
Comparometer!)
And now ON WITH THE SHOW:
