Digital cameras??”and
the PCs we use to edit our photos??”can do all sorts of things that were utterly fantastical just a
few years ago. And the technology just keeps getting better, more powerful, and easier to use
all the time.
With a digital camera, it??™s possible to take photos and review them instantly??”while they??™re
still stored in the camera??”to see if they turned out the way you like. From there, you can
transfer them to a computer and easily crop them to size, adjust color and brightness, even
perform special effects on them if you want to, and then print the final result to exactly the size
you like for a frame in your living room. Then you can take the same picture and e-mail it, post it
to a web site, display it on a TV, or show it to friends from your handheld organizer. The beauty
of digital imaging is its immediacy and versatility??”just try to do those things with an old film
camera.
So if you??™ve recently bought a digital camera, congratulations??”you??™ve made the right
choice. In this chapter, we??™ll take a quick look at your camera and digital cameras in general.
And if you??™re shopping for a new camera, flip to the end of this chapter, where I tell you what to
look for when you head off to make your purchase.
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