| When you first read the title you are probably inclined | | | | so many more pictures (literally hundreds on a |
| to think this is against Digital picture frames, well this is | | | | memory card). Of course you can still get these |
| quite the opposite, I feel they are a great idea and | | | | picture put on prints, but you cam also, (and here it |
| here's why. | | | | comes) take that memory card and put it into a Digital |
| Most of us growing up, as I, had parents who loved to | | | | Picture Frame. |
| take pictures both with cameras as well as a movie | | | | That Digital Picture Frame will instantly show your |
| camera. No I didn't grow up in the silent picture era, | | | | pictures and also store them. Additionally if you have |
| (even though sometimes I wished I did), but 8mm | | | | pictures on your PC, you can down load those to your |
| movie cameras were very popular. But my father put | | | | digital frame through your USB port. These frames are |
| most of his picture he took with his camera on slides | | | | portable, which means you can move them from room |
| and wow did he ever take a lot of them. | | | | to room or just leave them in one spot. The Digital |
| Of course he needed a place to store those slides, so | | | | Frame will continually scroll through all the pictures you |
| they were put in round slide trays, which would | | | | have on there. Depending on the size of your memory |
| uniformly hold the slides. Now there was nothing wrong | | | | card will determine how many pictures can be stored |
| with that, except the only way you could view them | | | | and displayed. They run on batteries or AC and some |
| properly was through a slide projector. That meant | | | | even you on 12V DC. They accept all memory cards, |
| either viewing them on a white wall or setting up the | | | | memory sticks, multimedia cards, secure digital cards, |
| screen, which of course took time, (then the bulb would | | | | compact flash drives. The frames can also play music, |
| burn out on the projector). | | | | videos that you take through your digital camera or |
| Along with the era of the 8 mm movie camera, was | | | | from you digital camcorder which can hold a memory |
| the Polaroid camera, which developed the picture | | | | card also and of course the frame will display your still |
| shortly after you took it. Not a bad idea, but the | | | | photos as well. |
| pictures would fade out over time, and there was no | | | | Digital Picture Frames come in all different sizes any |
| real good way to store them. | | | | where from 7" up to 15". The sizes in inches are the |
| Then came the day of the 35 mm camera. Great | | | | actual screen size. They are available in beautiful |
| invention and still is, but it still uses film and you are | | | | wood frames as well as attractive metal frames. For |
| limited on how many pictures you could take on the roll | | | | clearer viewing of your pictures or video's you will |
| of film. Now you could get those pictures either in | | | | want to choose one with a high resolution or pixels, |
| slides or prints. But if you are like my wife, whose | | | | usually the larger the screen size the higher the pixel, |
| hobby is taking pictures and filling photo albums then | | | | the higher the pixel the better quality of picture you will |
| you are going to have, (as we do) photo albums all | | | | see. |
| over the house, many of which no one ever looks at. | | | | The bottom line is this; the Digital Picture Frame is the |
| Don't get me wrong this is still a very good way | | | | best idea to come along since the Digital Camera. |
| capture and keep many memories. | | | | What a great way to reduce the number of photo |
| Now comes the digital era, which I really love -- you | | | | albums you have lying around, as well as continually |
| can do so much more with a digital camera than you | | | | display your photos so everyone can see them. |
| could with a conventional camera. For one they store | | | | |