Digital photography is now firmly established and the cost of cameras, printers and digital photo frames have all reduced significantly. The costs were already very low of course; consider the Polaroid as an illustration of this. When the first Polaroid was introduced in 1948 it had a price tag which was equivalent of over $800 at today's market rates. Perfectly serviceable digital cameras, suitable for birthdays, family events, weddings etc., can be picked up for around the $50 mark today. You can pay a lot more if you want of course but, for most people, there's really no need.
Apart from the cost of the equipment itself, the associated costs are also considerably lower. For a start, there's no film so you can save on the cost of the film and, if you either display your photos on a computer or use a digital photo frame, the cost of processing. Even if you want a hard copy print out the chances are that it'll be cheaper to do this on your own photo printer. It'll certainly be faster.
Cost considerations aside, digital photography is, in general, so much more convenient than traditional photography. There are no rolls of film to muck about with and, from time to time, to load incorrectly so that a whole reel gets ruined. When you want to get hard copies you don't need to send your reels of film away to the processing lab and then wait for them to be returned before you know if your snapshots are any good or not.
The best benefit on offer from digital photography though is nothing to do with number of pixels, anti-shake technology, red eye reduction or face recognition. All of these technological benefits are great of course, but the thing that will really help you improve is the fact that you don't have to worry about taking a photograph or not and you don't have to worry whether or not it'll turn out okay. If it's good you keep it, if not you can just hit the delete button and it's gone forever. No wasted film, no cost, no problem. Basically, you have the freedom to experiment as much as you like, to see what works and what doesn't and to work out what's good for your style.
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