3 - Setbacks in Photo Enhancement

But as useful as photo enhancement is, digital restorative imaging in court is often raised into question. The fact that digital photographs are more easily altered than film-based photographs is usually brought up, and some believe that digital photographs are not permissible in court.
Another drawback to digital imaging photography in forensics is the amount of time required to take multiple exposures (exposure is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the image sensor during the process of taking a photograph). There can be a two to fifteen second time delay before taking the picture due to the shutter speed, checking the auto focus, and then triggering the flash (if needed). If the photo needs to be taken quickly, sometimes digital photography can be too finicky to use. There is also normally a four to nine second delay when the camera is converting the image into digital form, compressing and saving the image. With so much time being taken to adjust itself, sometimes it can be too late to photograph something that was important or needed.
While digital cameras are fairly inexpensive these days, the cheap cameras don’t have the greatest image resolution, and cameras that have better image resolution can be three hundred dollars or more. And most forensic labs don’t have a very large budget to spend on equipment; so buying an expensive camera might not be the best way to spend their money.