I purposely eschewed cameras for a long time when traveling.

Now, I’ve been capturing a lot of stuff on digital, even paying for things like cable car rides just on the anticipation of opportunities to take scenic pics.

One thing though, the digital camera I paid for was way more than my old SLR but it doesn’t take the same quality of pictures inside of places like cathedrals and such.

Problem is lack of HDR (high dynamic range) meaning if there’s a light source like a stained glass window in a cathedral through which sunlight is streaming in, all the details of the interior in the shadows are lost.

But the flip side is the convenience and no cost to take pics in volume and then weed out the worst ones. I’ve accumulated thousands of pics in just a year for instance.