[Bicycle Bob]

HP, Fuji, or Canon, among others, are more than marketers in the camera biz. Yes, throwing out the bad ones is key. One way that pros get their results on film is by wasting an awful lot of it. Computer software for viewing, editing, and sorting the collection is half the battle. Transferring is usually very simple even without special docks. Just hook up a USB cord, switch on, and click OK. You will probably want to crop pictures and change the exposure fairly often.

Digital cameras just don't have the range of film. When shooting slide film, you have to have the exposure pretty close, compared to print film. Digital is even worse; even with the options to tweak it one way or the other on the computer, light or dark details will be missing.

BTW, that one still picture behind me took a day and a half of professional studio time, mostly messing with the lights.