Probably Stupid Digital Question

[ttusa]

Thanks for all your input. I'm getting more curious about digital photography. It sounds rather interesting. I guess when places around here don't process film, I'll join you guys...

[zeroendless]

how do you know exactly how sharp the image is when you're looking into the LCD display of the camera??

I use the camera's LCD display to check for blown highlight mostly. You can zoom in to view the sharpness, i do that as well but only for certain shots that made my days or hard to come by. Yes, i can tell from the lcd display if it's oof or in focus. And that give me 2nd opinion to try it again or moving on.

[KeithAlanK]

Judging sharpness on the LCD all comes down to how much zoom you can get while reviewing, and how good your LCD is.
All screens are not created equal.

Also, a word of caution about deleting in the field: It's not necessarily a good idea.

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[Duffy Pratt]

The point about dumping a shot that turns out to be good is a pretty good one. Similarly, I've read about people who got "crummy" shots of the Prez and Monica on the handshake line. These are shots that they ordinarily would have thrown away, because they were worthless when taken, but because digital storage is so cheap they kept them. Later, when the event was a distant memory, all of a sudden those same shots became very valuable. I don't think my totally blurred shots of a white dog's back will ever generate the same interest.

The point about the file systems worries me less. Cards fail sometimes, and I'm sure it will happen to me. I've never had a problem with the Canon from deleting any files. Maybe it poses some marginal risk, but for me its not worth worrying about.

Duffy