I hesitated to switch from 35mm to digital photography but can honestly say it's 1,000% better using a digital camera:

- instant gratification seeing how a shot turned out
- no film to buy/load/remove/drop off for developing/pick up after developing
- the ability to delete poor/bad shots
- not having to stop shooting to change out the film when 24/36 shots have been used

Uploading to the computer and a photo sharing website is relatively easy once you learn how to do it. You won't get the megapixels with a cell phone camera that are available with a digital camera so photo quality is far better with the camera vs. phone. I can't say for certain what cell phone photo features are available as I don't use one but the digital camera also has vibration reduction, red-eye solutions, and settings for day/night, sports, zoom in/close-ups & scenic vista shooting among many others. I use a Nikon Coolpix model that has been incredible from the first day I got it. I drool over newer models but can't justify the cost when my little point-and-shoot takes such incredible photos.

Syringa vulgaris/old-fashioned lilac
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Narcissus poeticus/poet's narcissus
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Mertensia virginica/Virginia bluebells
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Leonard Messel magnolia
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Iberis/candytuft
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Flowering crabapple
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Phlox divaricata/woodland phlox
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Butterfly bed
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Burgess Oval
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Crabapple Corner
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La Musardiere/A Place to be Idle
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My daughter has a fancier camera than mine but I wouldn't say there's hundreds of $$$ difference between our photos. I was pretty nervous the first time I uploaded photos from the camera to the computer but I got the hang of it pretty fast.

wow - you certainly make yr case with those pictures!
It amazes me that the ordinary person can now take photos that look like the pros.
And that settles it for me. Maybe I'll get the cellphone/camera, but I definitely want a camera that takes pics like yours.
About how much does one like that cost?

ell

ell - I had $200 budgeted for my first digital camera and that's roughly what I spent. I bought an extra memory card (thumbnail-sized little plastic disk) to take with me on the Sail Boston/Tall Ships trip so my camera will hold as many as 750+ photos. It certainly isn't necessary to spend $200 but I got the megapixels, optical zoom, rechargeable battery, flash recharge and other features on my wish list. I figure I saved that much in film processing the first year alone.

Ellenrr I just recently started playing with my cell phone camera. I have to say it takes pretty good pictures and I have an older phone, one of the lg slide with a 2 megapixel camera.

I bought my digital camera years ago and it is a 6 megapixel.

The cell phone is fast it takes pretty good shots and you always carry it with you. I can get pictures online by sending them to my email then uploading them. That is included in the texting plans. I have teenage females so texting is a must around here.

I was at my sisters yesterday and I took some pictures with my phone but I can't load photobucket on this device right now but I will try again later.

Well I just learned you can send your pictures straight to photobucket from your phone like you would send a text.

Enjoy!

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This is abby, I couldn't resist getting her in the shot!
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Mr. cat on some really ugly butterfly weed!! I think I got to close cause it is a tad blury.

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Gardenweed,I dont recall seeing many shots of your yard,with the landscaping..I have to say it is beautiful..

tomva - thanks for the kudos. This is the first time I've posted photos of the beds I designed and planted since moving here nearly 6 years ago. They took a long time to fill in and weren't ready for prime time viewing until recently. There's still a long way to go but thanks to cardboard, mulch, winter sowing & 2,500 lbs. of quarried granite, I'm pleased with progress so far.

thanks country carolyn,
those cell phone pics are also beautiful.
ummm..back to a decision. :)

Eileen..Nikon Coolpix..anything else added to it? Your pictures are always fantastic. We have a Canon PowershotA560
and I hate it! About ready to give up on it. Reading and understanding directions is not my expertise. Just saw on front of camera that it has 7.1 mexapicels..whatever that means. DH has it set at what he thinks it should be on and I'm always the stupid one. One of these days I'm going to pull the instruction book out and see if I can figure it out or go back to Ritz and get somebody up there to show me how to use it.

Nikon Coolpix S10 right out of the box, 6 megapixels, 10X optical zoom, wide-angle & zoom lenses. I'd love to upgrade to higher megapixels but this camera just performs so great, I'm in no big hurry to spend the ca$h. The megapixels are what give you the sharp, clear images.

Elenrr the quality isn't as good from a cell phone compared to a digital camera, but if someone is going to get you one I would use it till you can get a camera. Nowdays they should have better cameras in phones, my phone is considered a dino, in other words it is so old they haven't sold it for years, lol.

Gardenweed I think your camera takes great shots!