About.com has published a 5 page article called “Working with Digital” which is aimed in particular at professionals and serious amateur photographers. The article examines the issues of Problems in buying digital cameras, Costs, dust and camera backup, Digital Negatives - using Raw format, JPEG and TIFF Formats and Compact Flash and Microdrives.

“Most photographers are likely to lose customers if they are unable to supply digital images. Many picture libraries are moving over to digital, and if you cannot supply them they will go elsewhere. Many - if not most - magazines seem to expect digital files. Some expect to get work cheaper because it is digital, which presents a problem.

For many areas of photography, working digitally is now essential if you want to stay in business.”

Website: About.com - Working With Digital