Photography has always been about the photographer understanding the limitations of his equipment.

Roger,
Knowing the limitations of your equipment is a must. Understanding what the camera is capable of and being able to know what you can do to get the best image from your camera just takes time and notes about the exposure. I have noticed the difference between how my 35mm worked vs my medium format. It was a shock when I went from using a 50 1.4 35mm lens to a F4 lens in medium format. It is never the camera that truely makes the image, it is the photographers ability to know in different situations what is the best approch to setting exsposure and sometimes what filters to use. Digital has avandages over film because there is no cost to just expermenting. I have found one of the best tools for learning is experience and talking to the ones who have been there. Monte Johnson.

My first digital camera was an Olymous 5050. In my opinion it took superb images; great lens, etc. I sold it to a friend when I bought a Canon 10D which is a fine camera in its own right. Three of the reasons which sold me on the Olympus 5050 was that it used Compact Flash as well as two other types of memory cards; it was powered with 4-AA batteries; and, in addition to various "flavors" of JPEG, it you could capture in RAW. A drawback was the shutter lag, but most of my photography is scenics so that wasn't too big a deal...slows you down to think about composition, exposure, and so forth.

I remember years ago (I think it was Popular Photograph Magazine) had some very top-drawer professional photographers wander about New York City shooting with inexpensive, one-use cameras. Wow, you should have seen their pictures, unbelievable!

Roger

Roger,
We went to the Virgin Islands a few years ago and my wife took a shot early morning with a throw away camera. One of the best images I have seen. Monte Johnson.