Digital Camera

Are they worth it? Should I buy one? Someone that has one please answer those questions.

They are worth it if you get a GOOD QUALITY camera. By this I mean a camera that will accept different lenses, such as telephoto, ect. This will allow you to use different lenses for further shots, and also these type of camera's are the best on the market....

If you are looking for a general purpose camera, the cheaper ones are pretty good, but you won't get professional quality stuff with them....

And no matter what, you will still get better quality with an ordinary negative camera.....

If you get a digital camera, when you transfer the pics on to the comp. use tiff, or .psd formats. They will not degrade the quality, however, jpg, will....

I have owned 3 digital cameras so far and love them all. The most important thing to consider when deciding which camera is best for you is what you are planning to take pictures of and what you want to do with them. If you are not planning to print pictures but only want to post pics on the web then you can easily get by with a 1 megapixel camera. You could print a 4x6 with it too and still have a good quality print. If you plan on printing 8x10 and larger then you should probably invest in a 3 megapixel camera. My cameras have all been 2 megapixel. They are good for up to 8x10 prints. You also have to decide if you need a long zoom lens. Most cameras have at least a 3X optical zoom, but you can get anywhere from 5X-10X zooms. My first camera was the Epson 850z, a 2 megapixel with 3x optical zoom. Great pictures with great color. My second camera was the Canon Powershot S100 which I got because of its small size. It is about the size of a deck of cards and is a 2 megapixel camera with a 2x optical zoom. I like it because you can carry it easily in your pocket and it takes great pictures! My most recent camera is the Canon Pro90IS which I bought because it has a 10X zoom and is a 2.6 megapixel. Being able to zoom that far has been so much fun. It has image stabilization so you don't have to worry about hand shake at that zoom ruining your picture.
I have probably told you more than you wanted to know! But I can definitely say that digital cameras are worth the money. You end up taking a lot more pictures because you don't have to worry about wasting film anymore. I love not having to wait to pick up my pictures at WalMart and also not having to buy film and pay for developing only to find that just 2 or 3 pictures on the whole roll were really good. Now I can just delete the ones I don't like and keep only the good ones! Another great thing about digital is that you can adjust your pictures on the computer very easily. You can lighten, darken or adjust the colors with even the simplest photo program. So some of the pictures that you would probably have discarded before because they were over or under exposed can now be saved. Most of the cameras come with a photo editing software.
Oh by the way, the last post mentioned that you should only get a camera that does tiff but most cameras do jpeg, which is the standard. It is a way to compress the picture so that the file is not huge. If you are a really serious photographer and plan to work with your pictures alot with photoshop then you might want to use tiff. But you will have huge files and will fill up your memory card really fast. I hope this has been some help. If you go digital you are in for a lot of fun!

Thank you very much!!!!!