| With digital cameras becoming very popular generally | | | | conditions. Digital cameras have a smaller sensor |
| it naturally goes that wedding photographers should | | | | format and this allows for smaller lenses, wider zoom |
| also be embracing this technology. Digital cameras at | | | | ranges, and a greater depth of field. |
| the beginning had a low pixel capacity and while | | | | While the digital camera does offer lots of |
| smaller pictures were of reasonable quality larger | | | | advantages and conveniences there are |
| pictures looked very grainy. With the increase in pixel | | | | disadvantages. Unlike a traditional 35mm camera |
| capacity digital cameras can now come close to | | | | which have manual backups for electrical operations |
| matching the traditional 35mm camera and they have | | | | the digital equivalent is dependant on an electrical |
| the capacity to do a lot more. | | | | supply from a battery. Digital sensors have a less |
| The digital camera has the facility to give immediate | | | | dynamic range than film but this is improving all the |
| feedback as to what an image looks like. This allows | | | | time. ISO image noise may appear as multi-coloured |
| the photographer to take more risks with lighting, | | | | speckles and this may be more unacceptable than |
| angles etc as these cameras have great capacity | | | | the grain of film. Aliasing or distortion may add |
| with added memory cards. As digital photography is | | | | patterns to the digital image which just doesn't |
| processed on a computer its easy to produce | | | | appear in ordinary film. The camera sensor needs to |
| variants on an image such as black and white, sepia | | | | be professionally cleaned if dust particles attach |
| tone and general editing. Photographers can allow | | | | themselves to the sensor. Some studios and |
| clients to view pictures of their wedding online before | | | | individuals will have invested in equipment for |
| choosing which to include in the album and the | | | | standard film and will be slow to change to digital. |
| process is much easier as no scanning of | | | | Older photographers may have built up a reputation |
| photographs is required. | | | | with film and not want to move to this new format |
| Photographers are now able to colour-balance and | | | | with all the learning involved. |
| otherwise manipulate images in ways that traditional | | | | Digital photography is here to stay and it is improving |
| techniques cannot offer. Model digital cameras have | | | | all the time. Professional photographers are seeing the |
| an anti-shake feature that allows good stills to be | | | | advantages of digital photography and with the |
| taken without a tripod. Settings on digital cameras | | | | choice of both digital and traditional photography the |
| are much easier to adjust, for example, if the ISO | | | | best of both worlds can be experienced. |
| speed setting needs to be changed due to weather | | | | |