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TECH NIGHTMARES: Digital photography horrors
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Digital photography horrors

By Aimee Baldridge
(May 27, 2005)
Everyone loves digital cameras for doing away with the cost and hassle of film. But as with film photography, there's a dark side to the digital world.

It's a rare digital photographer who doesn't have a woeful tale of lost photos, garish prints, or a camera that gives up the ghost too soon. And, like film cameras, digital models are susceptible to the dangers of their environment.

Each day this week, we'll help you ward off or vanquish a different digital photography demon. Our expert tips will keep your pictures from going over to the dark side.


Monday's malady: plague of the lens fungus 
Tuesday's trepidation: dread of the dusty sensor 
Wednesday's wraith: night of the living dead batteries 
Thursday's thunderbolt: shooting Dr. Jekyll, printing Mr. Hyde 
Friday's film noir: and then there were none (of your photos on the card) 


Aimee Baldridge, senior editor of digital imaging at CNET, is an avid photographer whose expertise runs the digital-imaging gamut, from snapshot cameras to SLRs to three-chip camcorders.
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