Digital Cameras
If there is any recent technology that has revolutionised the way we view art, record our special occasions, and essentially communicate, it has been the digital camera. Film cameras, though being themselves innovative, were a limited technology, and even the best film cameras cannot compete with the superior quality picture and greater flexibility that digital cameras possess.
The popularity of digital cameras has helped the technology to get even better: when there is demand, there will eventually be supply. As a result, tiny digital cameras with dozens of features have flooded the market, making them more accessible to the common man than ever. The compact nature of these cameras, as well as their capabilities, has helped to cement them as one of the must-have electronic items in modern society.
This does not mean that all the digital cameras out there are only designed to be used by amateurs, as the professional photographer will tell you. The invention of digital cameras has helped the professionals to get even better pictures, and encourages them to strive for even better shots than before.
Despite all this, there are people who prefer film cameras, as they have a certain romantic and historic allure. They argue that there is something special about handling the physical film, and that there is more skill in preparing the film yourself than letting a computer deal with the pictures instead. They prefer to think of film as an organic process, as opposed to an automatic one.