It’s easy to get caught up in the moment, and students who don’t want to let it slip away may capture those moments in a photo, whether it be with new cell phone technology or a retro digital camera from the early 2000s.
Handheld digital cameras have caught the eye of teenagers and young adults. These tiny cameras are easily portable, fashionable, cheap and fun.
Digital cameras have been prevalent at sporting events, parties, nice dinners and at recent homecoming events. Considering these are popular events for photos, it’s almost inevitable to spot at least one person carrying a camera. “Whenever my friend and I go out to a place we know we will take pictures, someone always brings a digital camera with them. Everyone takes turns using the camera and posing, making photo taking more enjoyable. One of my favorite photos of my friend and I was taken on a digital camera,” sophomore Kai Konno said.
Digital cameras are the perfect accessory to bring on a trip where reception is low or to a summer camp where cell phones are not allowed. Digital cameras make it possible to capture those memories in photos even without a cell phone. “A few of my friends had owned digital cameras and after taking photos with theirs, it inspired me to purchase one for myself. I was a big fan of how the pictures turned out and had a trip coming up so I figured why not make it more fun by bringing a digital camera. I was also able to bring my camera to summer camp with me the following summer and I can’t thank myself enough, ” senior Lainey Berman said.
Teenagers love to take and post pictures, but they may not approve of photos taken on a cell phone due to the low quality of the photo. Digital cameras, however, are equipped with larger sensors and better lenses, which ultimately focus on greater light capture within the frame, resulting in better photo quality. “The reason I like to use my digital camera is because I like the quality of the photos better. I feel as if it captures the light and really focuses on the picture as a whole rather than picking up on random specks like my phone does,” junior Mia Coven said.
Digital cameras make for good pictures and fun times, but having to download the photos can be a drag. Transferring the pictures that are captured on these digital cameras to a cellular device is time consuming. The digital camera’s memory card must be put into an adapter which plugs into a cellular device or computer and the imported file of the photos has to be opened in order to fully bring them onto a cellular device.
