Digital vs 35mm Cameras
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- slip0
mmm, coffee.
- speed_d0
if you want super quality (magazine covers etc...) you should be using medium format anyway....
there isn't that much difference between the higher res digital cameras and 35mm anymore
- Chief0
i recently did a motion graphics piece for school using a mamiya afd with an 11mp back. once these come down in price, i really think you'll see more of the pro photogs make the switch. being able to connect the camera to my powerbook and instantly have the files made the process so much faster. ended up have 80 gigs of pics, i can only imagine the amount of time i would've spent sitting in front of the scanner.
with that being said, you'll always have the purists who enjoy getting their hands wet in the darkroom. i'll always prefer film to digital, however the convenience factor is pretty tough to ignore.
- slappy0
one thing, my prents wedding photos look tired and yellow after 40 years...
my wedding is beinging shot in digital so will last...well forever.
my great grandchildrens great grand children will be able to view them in crystal clear.
kind of weird really imagine seeling a 6megapixel shot from 100 years ago...
- snowcat0
i have a digital rebel and 35mm rebel... it's absurd to claim digital isn't or won't reach the quality of film. even shooting ISO 100 is a really tough match to 6.3MP...
i've blown up 6.3MP JPGs to 3' x 2' and they are amazing... extremely pristine, even from inches away. i can only image what making the leap on up in MP rating will allow.
in my experience, blowing up 35mm to anywhere near 3x2' will almost always exhibit noticeable grain.
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- abstrakt0
if you're scaling down images for the web you'll hardly ever be able to tell a 6mp from film, unless the film was very high iso.
- Mick0
It's an endless debate (a bit like mac vs. pc).
Spend some time at http://www.photosig.com and look through all the 'top rated' pics and look at their specs and see which are film and which are digital.
- CyBrainX0
I've been digital with my Canon 10d for a little more than a year. I have to say, it made my photography a million times better. I'm not in print, so I don't need to be so hi res.
I would never in a million years have had the nerve to try zooming in during a long exposure with film:
- abstrakt0
wanna see why digital sucks at long exposures? This is a 1 hour exposure...
The fully saturated blue and red dots are hot pixels. there's nothing you can do about those in long exposures with digital, at least with the current CCDs.
- abstrakt0
that's a scaled down 6mp shot from a Digital Rebel.
- blackspade0
'one thing, my prents wedding photos look tired and yellow after 40 years..'
-----------thats so tru, there is still something special about film, but digi cams are definately up there now
my auntie found a film of our family that was undeveloped from bout 15-20 years ago, she got it developed, it was kinda weird seeing everyone looking so much younger but the photos looked like they were takin yesterday, nice bright colour/prints
- quamb0
cybrain- i guess that's what makes the film goers unsettled- the artform of photography has kinda been dumbed down.
It's annoying seeing folk experiment with their digital cameras--- ooh that didnt work *delete* - ooh nup try again *delete* - um.. *delete* - aah thats kinda cool *save* ... etc
its the ctrl-z generation
- canuck0
I had a contax g film camera (carl zeiss lens) and it produced some of the sharpest most color saturated pictures I have ever seen (the 50mm lens almost cost me $800).
I have tried quite a few digital cameras, and I have yet to see anything compare. Plus like Transfatty said earlier, you put way more effort in to your shots when you only have like 24, or 36 shots (less if its medium format) on a roll.
Dark rooms are sweet too; keep it real.
- slappy0
its a bit like records and cds i suppose...
- abstrakt0
comparing film to a record is not valid.
- slappy0
Its totally valid in the context of digital vs analogue.
the analogue is better quality but more fragile and less practical. the analogue has a warmer tone in both cases maybe?
- blackspade0
technology evolution
u cant fight it
- canuck0
I'll die trying. gawd damn it.
- CyBrainX0
I will never understand in a million years people who reject convenience for a more primitive and often inferior technology.
Should we take horse and carriage to work because of a more organic feel? Should we go back to markers and comps and put away our computers?
- blackspade0
i can totally understand
thats like saying we shouldnt paint anymore because photoshop has a paint tool