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Choosing Your Digital Camera

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Calliope hummingbirds are the smallest nesting bird in the US and Canada. This male is attracted to a sugar water feeder that has been carefully hidden with flowers.

The advances in digital technology and cameras has been truly breathtaking. Only a few years ago, digital cameras cost many thousands of dollars, yet produced images that were inferior to less expensive film cameras. Today the price of terrific digital cameras has dropped tremendously while the quality they produce has risen dramatically. This explains why digital cameras became so widely accepted among amateurs and professionals alike as the camera ...

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