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Slim digital cameras.
Advantages of owning slim digital cameras.
The advantage of a slim camera is all in the size. These days, you can get a camera that is the size of your palm, and it will easily fit into a shirt or pants pocket without you hardly even knowing that it's there. The great thing about this is that you can carry it with you wherever you go without hindrance, and you always have something to grab to take that great Kodak moment photo.
Another great thing about these slim cameras is that they are all automatic. It is literally a "point and shoot". There is no thought processes, there are no adjustments, you justpoint it at what you want to take a picture of, half press the shutter so that the lens can focus and then press the shutter all the way and voila! You have a picture.
Disadvantages of owning slim digital cameras.
The problem with slim digital cameras is that they do not offer you any kind of functionality. They are strictly point-and-shoot, which means that you do not have any creative control whatsoever. While they do usually come with a zoom, and the ones coming out on the market today will come with face recognition, they are still automatic cameras with no user controls.
Another problem that can be present with the slim cameras is the photo quality. This is not true of all slim digital cameras, but when you are looking at a new digital camera you will want to be sure to check the specifics of that feature. If you are looking at a review of a camera check for photo quality, if you are doing an in-store comparison you can ask the salesperson to show you an example.
If you're thinking about buying a slim digital camera, you may want to take a look at your hands first. Why, you might ask? Well, by their very nature, slim digital cameras are very small. If you have sausage fingers, you would probably not be compatible with slim digital cameras. It is not impossible to use these cameras if you have large hands, but it does make it harder.



