Cost
Film and digital imaging systems have different cost emphases. Digital cameras are significantly more expensive to purchase than film equivalents, but taking photographs with them is effectively cost-free.Film cameras, on the other hand, are quite inexpensive to purchase, especially used equipment. But film and development costs are ongoing. Other costs of digital photography include specialist batteries, memory cards and long-term data storage. Inkjet printers can make low-quality prints cheaply and easily from digital files, but high-quality printing has high costs regardless of image source.
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