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Since I was a little kid I have loved taking photographs, Dad’s Ricoh was the first film camera I laid my hands on. Those days an SLR was only seen with photographers and people didnt really care about its capabilities. Automatic cameras was the buzzword then.

Today the scene is a little changed, photography is very cheap these days with everything moving from analog to digital. A one time investment in a Digital Camera, Rechargeble batteries, Memory Cards and the ability to view on computer has brought down the cost for Film rolls, Developing and Printing to absolute Zero. And as they are becoming cheaper and smaller they are penetrating more pockets and travel kits. Shooting in digital also opens tons of post-processing abilities which add a whole new dimension to photography.

In couple of months, we will see mobile phones with 5 Mega Pixel resolution cameras which will be enough to capture pictures with okay quality and size to get nice printouts. Anyways majority of the junta is moving from developed printout’s to just keeping and sharing eCopies.

But, having a digital camera does’nt always implies taking good pictures. And likewise just taking photographs doesnt mean one knows photography.

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