Whenever the word photography is mentioned, the first thing to come up in most people’s minds is dark rooms, chemicals and an old fashioned analogue camera. Photography is still done in this way, but if you would like to move on to something completely different, it is time to consider digital photography. The simple explanation behind digital photography is that instead of using film, it uses digital technology to keep an image. The technology is similar to what is used in other electronic items such as music recorders, memory storage for computers etc. 

The ultimate benefit of digital photography over analogue photography is control. The photographer has complete control regarding which pictures to take and keep. He or she is only limited by the amount of space available in the digital memory. After the picture is taken you will be able to instantly see the results on the camera interface. If you do not like the picture then no problem, it can be erased and another one can be taken. The next benefit is that there is no film to develop. Once the picture is taken, it can be down loaded onto a computer to turn into pictures. Not only that, the pictures can be saved in a file and can be photo shopped at a later date. In other words, as long as you have access to file the pictures can be kept for later use. No more worrying about negatives. This brings us to film. With digital cameras there is no film to deal with. This saves on cost as well as time.