What are the practical disadvantages of digital cameras?
This really comes down to two things. Power and storage. Digital cameras are typically power hungry, so you need a lot of battery power. In a studio or at home this isn’t a problem, but out in the field it can be. You need storage capacity for all those digital files. Once you have filled up the camera memory card you have to download the data to some sort of storage device, either the hard drive on your PC or a portable hard disk – and don’t forget the portable hard disk needs power too! There is a third disadvantage if you want slides, basically you can’t get them. You can have digital files printed as slides but the cost is high and the quality lower than slide film images. You can project digital images with a digital projector, but they are expensive and the quality is much lower than a slide projector projecting an original slide. Though not an intrinsic disadvantage, many of the “P&S” style digital cameras have a significant lag between the shutter being pressed and the image be
