Thin Is In: The New Face Of A Compact Digital Camera
Michalis "BIG Mike" Kotzakolios
Kotzakoliou, SSA

Gone are the days of Polaroid and films. In this age, digital cameras are the photography devices of choice for many, many people. Digital cameras offer so many advantages compared to their bulkier, slower, and more inconvenient counterparts. Technology has made these popular gadgets capable of so much resolution that the term “snippets of life” takes on a brand new meaning. What’s more is that these devices come in a variety of portable sizes, such as a compact digital camera.

A compact digital camera has attracted the attention of many eager shoppers wanting to find a camera that they could carry around easily and conveniently. A compact digital camera comes in the most diminutive sizes that they could easily fit any carry bags, folders, or pockets. But innovations have not stopped there.

These days, a compact digital camera can even be as small and as thin as a credit card! Impossible, you might say? Just take a look at the Casio Exilim EX-Z55 compact digital camera. It is smaller than the palm of a female’s hand. And it’s so thin that you could easily use your wallet as a face protector for this highly portable device. Just don’t put the wallet in your back pocket, however. It’s still too much to ask that something so thin to possess amazing sturdiness.

Nonetheless, thin is most definitely in, and it is the face that a compact digital camera is taking these days. You could carry it wherever you want, and taking a snapshot of life’s most precious moments is made easier by the amazing size of such a gadget.

And with features like high resolutions, digital and optical zooming, and backup memory that could store thousands upon thousands of pictures, it would be hard to go back to the days of film development again. With a compact digital camera, you could instantly view the images you have taken, via an LCD screen that usually comes with the package.

And yes, such an LCD screen is even present in a card-sized compact digital camera!

Another astounding feature of digital cameras in general is their connectivity. Want to send your kids’ pictures to grandma who’s living several states away? Simply plug in your compact digital camera to a computer via a USB cable, and upload the said pictures. You could then digitally deliver them to your chosen recipient via email.

The new age calls for a new chronicler of its most memorable happenings. It is very apparent that a compact digital camera is up to the task of capturing the best that life can offer.