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In this chapter
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital
Cameras - The RGB and sRGB Color Space
- CCDs and CMOS Chips: How They Work
- Lens Quality and Resolution
Advantages and
Disadvantages of
Digital Cameras
Convenience and customization are the two most important advan-
tages of digital camera technology—but this new medium does retain
some drawbacks.
Most professional photographers would admit that digital photography
has come far enough in technology and resolution that it matches
film—the dozens of Nikon F5s and Canon EOS1s at the used camera
store is one clue. This means digital photography has reached the qual-
ity most professionals require of their work. The technology itself has
some shortcomings, however: