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Has the Digital Camera killed your family photo album?

Many people have a stockpile of stored, unprinted images in hopes of printing them some day. Unfortunately, future generations will never see them.

I enjoy looking at my family photos, dating back from the early 1900's

My advice: Get them printed on REAL photo paper now and regularly, otherwise you'll have a lump sum of hundreds of dollars in printing fees. Not only that, you will have the daunting task of sorting different images with the the exact same files names to even do it.

Early digital cameras were so low quality, the printed images were embarrassingly poor. A generation of crappy pictures to pass on.

The digital camera also loses the candid quality of picture taking. You can easily delete images that a traditional camera couldn't. Worst, you can erase an entire camera by accident.

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6 months ago
By the way. I have been doing professional photography for over 25 years. I have a darkroom and I also do digital photo too (and I love it). I am concerned on the fact that so many people are going to lose family photos, that their next generation will never see.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 6 months ago
By the way. I have been doing professional photography for over 25 years. I have a darkroom and I also do digital photo too (and I love it). I am concerned on the fact that so many people are going to lose family photos, that their next generation will never see.