| Ever since I can remember I have always had an | | | | across the back and trying to make sure it lined |
| interest in cameras and photography, but with the | | | | up with the running teeth before shutting the |
| advent of Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras | | | | back and winding the film on until it had reached |
| replacing the old 35mm Single Lens Reflex | | | | the first exposure segment, take the picture and |
| Cameras this interest has been ever more | | | | keep my fingers crossed that I had got |
| focused. | | | | everything right and the shot had come out as |
| I was like a child with a new toy once the penny | | | | planned. |
| really dropped about what the age of digital | | | | Once all 36 exposures had been taken I would |
| photography really meant. | | | | then have to wind the film back or on later |
| The door was now well and truly wide open to a | | | | models that had auto-rewind, press a button. |
| whole new world of photography. It meant that I | | | | Carefully remove the film in low light conditions so |
| could buy a digital camera based on the SLR | | | | as not to expose the film to excessive light that |
| variety for a little under three hundred pounds | | | | could spoil the film. Then take the film to the |
| and equipped with an eight gigabyte memory card | | | | photography shop or chemist for development, |
| a battery and charger, I could then go out and | | | | which could take anything from a few days to a |
| take anything up to 1,942 pictures, view them on | | | | week. |
| the 2.7inch LCD screen located on the back of | | | | This all took what seemed like a lifetime and not |
| the camera and keep the ones I like and simply | | | | mentioning the inordinate amount of costs that |
| delete those that I did not. All I have to do is | | | | could be involved. On top of that could have been |
| take the memory card out of the camera and | | | | extra prints or even enlargements. Photography |
| place it into my desktop computer and | | | | used to be a very expensive hobby indeed. |
| hey-presto I would be viewing the very pictures | | | | So not only is the modern D.S.L.R version of |
| that I had only just taken. | | | | photography much less complex, but more |
| Who Said That Technology Was a Bad Thing... | | | | importantly, once you have the basic equipment |
| Gone are the days of buying a 36 exposure film | | | | the actual costs are virtually nil. |
| opening up the back of the camera, pulling the film | | | | |