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Basically a digital camera is a device use to capture pictures without the use of film. Unlike the conventional camera, it does not rely on mechanical and chemical processes. Since the images captured are in electronic form, this is a language recognized by computers. Although the image looks exactly the same as that of a normal photograph, they are stored as pixels.

It is difficult to find a digital camera that will go into a fully manual mode without a huge expenditure. That is probably why a 35mm film camera body is a great bargain today. You can get a camera with a decent lens for less than a standard point and shoot digital. It is a fact that a $500 camera body from ten years ago can be found on online auctions for $50. It may make the owner feel bad, but that same owner may well be taking pictures with sharper colors, more distinct contrasts and a number of interesting effects.

It was once thought that film photography was of much higher quality than digital photography, but digital cameras are advancing so quickly that is no longer the case. You can get lovely, high quality images from a high-end digital SLR camera. A good quality digital camera does cost much more money than film cameras though.

You will have an option for image quality. Often you will see an icon representation of the quality. At one end the icon is smooth, and at the other it's jagged. This relates to the compression level of the image file (usually jpg) with the icon representing what is happening to your file. High quality creates a larger file with fine detail that takes up more space; low quality is a rougher image but saves space.

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