nikon D40x DSLR

This is the most powerful camera I own in the form of a Nikon D40x digital single lens reflex camera (I'll put a picture up when I can use another camera to take a picture of it). I have had it for several years now and am starting to feel the limitations of it's capabilities. It has 10million pixels and a 18-55mm lens standard to this model. I shall be comparing my film cameras to this relatively new technology as it is digital, and differs in many ways.

There are many benefits to using a digital camera such as the D40x instead of a film camera, such as the ease of viewing photographs as soon as they have been taken and being able to delete unwanted images. This can be particularly useful for taking long exposure shots, as these can sometimes be hit and miss depending on the effect aimed for (I should hopefully have some examples of this when I get one of my Diana+ films developed). There are also obvious benefits to this camera such as the size of the lens and zoom, which are available for SLRs but none which I own. The fact that it is digital technology also means that it is incredibly easy to upload photographs to a computer for editing and posting to the internet, as paper photographs or negatives would have to be scanned using more equipment and also compromising in the quality and sharpness of the images, unless very high quality equipment is used.

There are also several disadvantages to using a digital camera such as this, the main one being that they require a battery which without they cannot work, as many old SLRs and cameras do not need these. Digital equipment is also much more prone to breaking down and small electrical parts are extremely easy to damage, rendering them expensive to own. There are also downsides to the actual images being taken, as as digital cameras are so precise there is no spontaneity to the images, no quirky mistakes or light leaks. Whether this is entirely negative depends on the type of photography being undertaken.