Digital Cameras

A while ago I posted that I'd had a good experience using a digital SLR, which made me, at the time, feel I needed to take a shower.

Well, since then, I've gone out and point a digital SLR (Nikon), and haven't looked back. I've picked up my Mamiya twice, I think. Once to put it in its bag, the other to bring it in to the office to lend it to someone. Shame, because it's a beautiful camera.

I've shot around three thousand frames since I got the Nikon late last year, and here are some observations about shooting digital:

• You shoot more crap
• Digital sensor dynamic range is roughly equivalent to shooting slide film (i.e. the range in stops between black and white is roughly 5)
• Viewfinders this size are nigh on impossible to manual focus with
• All your mates get bored of the RAW vs JPG argument very quickly :-)