If life were a Seven Deadly Sins RPG

[forsythferret]

I'd TOTALLY be sloth. Man. I've kept putting off writing a possible intro for this speech we have to give in my stupid speech class for all of the last week. I mean, I can probably whip up something decent in just a few minutes, but I'd rather have something GOOD, not just decent. I find it hard to be motivated about this class though.

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[frustratedpilot]

As the owner of an Olympus C-725 UltraZoom, I have to say that while a digital camera is a nice, useful and very modern thing to have, I think as an improvement over the 35mm film camera, it's not perfect.

Yes, you can download pics easily, no waiting for prints, and so on. But in my use, I've only once shot more pictures than I'd get with a roll of film. And as I know how to change/reload a film camera, all that capacity is effete.

If you really love taking a lot of pictures, then a digital camera is the way to go. And I like the one I have. But if you don't really care about photography, a digital camera won't necessarily make you love photography.

[raanab]

I don't know about that, I think actually a digital camera is better for someone who isn't that big into photography but does shoot some pictures fairly regularly. Instant feedback, much more exposure latitude, and the ability to have pictures without paying to have them made all contribute to let you take pictures that might be considered a waste of film. (And, as a photo lab tech, this also allows people to take the pictures no one else wants to see without anyone else having to see them.)

[forsythferret]

It's more the convienece and the fact I don't have a decent scanner that make me want it. Click click click, save the three or four good ones, connect, upload, done. It's not for the love of photography, it's for... Hell, I don't know. Partly because it's something I kinda feel like I should have. And partly in case I do anything cool.

[raanab]

That's what I'm talking about, the digital cameras are great for taking pictures of something cool that you come across that you might not want to use film for, plus, you can get good digital cameras in a really convenient size to carry with you anywhere (as opposed to the APS cameras that you can take anywhere but are generally crap) They free you from restricting photography because of cost or storage space, you don't think about taking a bunch of pictures of something interesting but not that important since you don't have to pay for them, plus you don't have to worry about having enough film with you to take all the pictures you want (and the screwups that surround them).

I love my digital for my non-important photography, it's great for cons, and when I go to the car show or places like that, they aren't places I want to have good pictures printed up of, but I do like have pictures from them and I can get rid of any mistakes or bad exposures.