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Q: What is digital photography?
A: Digital photography is a 'filmless' process; a photograph
is captured directly onto a computer's hard drive, where it can
then be retouched and/or printed.
Q: What are the advantages
of going digital?
A:
While
film may be the first love of most professional photographers,
more and more have come to embrace digital capture as well. Why?
Because the quality of digital imaging has improved dramatically
over the last several years. Digital capture also offers benefits
over film: speed, flexibility, and cost savings.
With a digital camera you can view images quickly to make necessary
adjustments. You'll see the results of those changes, and you'll
know when you've captured the shot you want. Because this is
filmless capture, there is no film processing time or cost.
Digital images can be retouched and manipulated on a computer(without
losing a generation in quality).
Q: Is the quality of
a digital photograph as good as that of conventional photography?
A: Yes. In some ways it is better. A truer gray balance
can be obtained without the variations of film and its color
shifts. The image captured can be sharper, since there is no
film grain to enlarge.
Some inexpensive digital cameras offer only low resolution capabilities,
suitable mostly for web usage and computer presentations. There
are, however, more advanced digital capture devices on the market
today.
S.J. Barao Photography uses the Jenoptik Eyelike digital system,
which mounts onto a conventional 4x5 camera. It yields a very
high resolution image. The Eyelike medium format capture back
works with existing light and strobe lights and produces a live
preview on the computer monitor. We also utilize Canon digital
cameras in the studio and for location shooting.
Since we determine our resolution at the time of the shoot, it
is best to advise us ahead of time, how large the image will
be used. Once the image is captured at the appropriate resolution,
re-sizing it larger, beyond 25%, may not give satisfactory results.
Still have a question not answered here? Please do not hesitate
to call S.J. Barao for more information on digital photography
and the many services we offer!
S.J. Barao
Photography
(508) 336-5015
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