Pattern Recognition: Delights of digital photography
Images have come a long way — from time-consuming negatives to smartphone cameras and instant results, writes Toby Shapshak
In 2005 I bought the first digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera that cost less than US$1,000. The Nikon D70 was then only the second such "cheap" digital SLR camera on the market. It was a huge investment, but worth every cent.Not only did it rekindle my love of photography, but it opened up the world of digital. I would fill gigabytes of memory with pictures as I rediscovered the joys of having a professional camera again; and I was able to frame decent shots and snap the pic at exactly the moment I wanted to.I had started my career as both a writer and photographer but was told by an early boss I could focus on only one, because negative-based photography was so time-consuming. However, digital changed everything.What made SLR cameras so remarkable was that you could look through the actual lens, using a complicated mirror mechanism. So you could actually see what would be captured — unlike some other models, which had a small viewing window above the actual lens.On the film-ba...
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