Hi
 
I've been using a digital camera (borrowed from my supervisor) for about
a year now. It's useful for producing images that are going to remain in
digital format only (e.g. on web sites) or for low-resolution images for
grey literature (such as newsletters). As a serious technique for
primary data capture, I'd say that the technology still is not good
enough because of the resolution issue and also problems of colour
correction. I'm sure that this will change, though.
 
There has been a thread on precisely this subject on the Britarch
mailing list (and I'm afraid that I've mislaid the URL for its
archives!).
 
Keith Matthews