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Re: The Digital Love/Hate Thread
The MP issue is interesting, but I can see why it is so often used for judging. Depending on the application (ie web or normal prints), beyond a certain point, more is not necessarily better. What most people fail to realise is that the MP count is simply what can be stored, it does not factor in the quality of both the lens and the person taking the picture, both of which are far more critical.
From a learning perspective digital definitely has advantages in cost, instant feedback, and EXIF data, but none of that is useful if the student doesn't know how to use that info. I know from my own learning process on film that by the time the pictures came back I had no idea what had happened (not one for note taking). My photography has definitely improved since going digital, primarily because I can see what problems I'm facing while at the shoot (outdoors primarily) and correct them.
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