The advance in cameras really is quite staggering, not only the quality, but the rate at which cameras are developing is astounding. Only six or seven years ago the top of the range digital cameras had a mega pixel value of just 3.2, where today there are mobile phones with cameras with values higher than 5 mega pixel.
Not only is the quality of digital image that these produce is getting better, but the size and convenience of these is developing. To think that a 5mega pixel camera can be fitted into a mobile phone along with all its other features and produce an image better than these cameras that were created just over five years ago really is incredible. This advance in technology is then also very exciting as the uploading processing process can be much quicker and easier. Even if the camera isn’t included in the phone, where the photos can be uploaded online instantly, the use of memory cards is far more advanced and expedient than older film cameras.
Film cameras had to be taken away to be developed by businesses and often took a few days for them to be complete. However with digital cameras, the speed of this is much faster. People can take photos, upload them and print them all within the space of minutes if they desire. The size of these photos can also vary. People can print smaller hand held photos, or they can take them to a printing company and get their photos blown up full window size. Something that you would never have thought was possible ten or fifteen years ago.