Film Camera vs. Digital ?? I am trying to get better at my photography ... at one point I used to be really good but I have not practiced at this craft in a loooooooong time. So anyhow I wanted to get back into it, my question is should I purchase a 35mm(film camera) or a digital camera? I already have a personal camera (digital) but for better quality pics what do you think? I am leaning towards film just because I can develop my own pics if I choose( done this before also) but I wanted a second opinion... thanks for all your suggestions! :) |
I have a digital. What's a 35mm camera? :p Go with a good digital...at least 5megapixels. I have a Sony 7.2 megapixel. I love it. It's on sale at Walmart now for $250. When you have a digital you don't waste money on printing the pics you don't want. You pop your card into a card reader for the computer, look at them, and print them if you want. You can buy a decent printer that prints nice pics (I have an Epson photo printer) or you can take your card to a drug store, and it'll print real fast. And you only print the pics you want. TRUST me. Go for the digital. :thumbup: PS. My friend has a photography business and I think he has a 12+ megapixel camera. But those are expensive! |
yesthose are expensive, eventually/...... I do have a digital but I wanted a bigger camera so I thought why not a film camera...... just to have both? |
i absolutly love my 35 mm camera much better. the quality of the photos are much better and you can trans them to cd |
I have both.... but I love my film camera much better. I like the sound of the shutter followed by the film roll moving, the surprise how the pictures turned out... And for some reason, I feel my pictures turn out much better with my film camera (the shutter on my film triggers much faster than on my digital). |
I agree with that, I love the sound of the trigger too.... I'm gonna get it a 35mm so I can have both... now what brand? Rebel, Canon, Sony,etc????? |
I have both a 35 mm and a digital camera, but I love my Canon Rebel 35mm because it takes such amazing photos. |
I'm no help with this one, But When it comes to pictures, I think you need to talk to Val. She's our picture Queen! :2hearts2: |
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LOL I think it's a gun. :yelrotflm |
Digital all the way. If you want to print your own pics you can!!!! I hate film cameras...ever since we got our digital, never looked back. |
Though the convenience of digital can't be beat - shoot the pic, load it on the puter, send it - I'm always disapointed in the quality as compared to a 35mm film camera. For instance, my daughter's hair is light brown w/red highlights. Digital always shows her with dark brown, lifeless hair. |
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I recommend you going with a good quality digital camera. Personally, I like Canon. A good photographer friend of mines turned me onto Canon and I have not ever regretted my purchase. I have a Canon PowerShot 7.0 mega pixels. You wouldn't be able to notice a difference in a 5mp and a 7mp, unless you tried to blow up the pictures to a professionally larger size. I played with every quality digital camera in Best Buy and had a employee to help me that was very informative. I learnt a lot on my camera vouage, lol. I found that, you pay more for the smaller cameras, just because they are small! The larger cameras usually has better lenes, more options, and are of better quality, they are just a few dollars less because people want small. They are in a higher demand, the smaller cameras, that is. Oh, and when buying a digital camera, dont forget to add on the prices of the accessories (i.e. batteries, charger, memory card, carrying case, etc). I made that mistake and ended up paying over 200.00 in addition to the camera. A decent memory card runs about $65-129.00 each, alone! That's not including all the other accessories that you'll need. A case $20, charger, etc. I hope that this information was helpful. |
How much do you want to invest in this. The reason I ask is my sis just started a photography business 3 months ago and its growing like crazy!!! She is even having a studio built b/c she is getting so much business. She has a digital Cannon...actually 2 of them but one cost $900 and on like $2500. The digital is wonderful b/c you dont have to worry about taking to many pics since you can always delete them. Here is her site www.littleroyalty.com She also has a blog under the same name, but i cant remember her address. If you have any questions she LOVES to help out. Her xanga is www.xanga.com/emcaymom . that site is devoted to ppl asking questions. or you might try photography.com. i was interested in getting into the business and found tons of info there! |
are you looking for a small point and shoot or an slr? what kinda of pictures do you take? i think it makes a difference depending on what you plan to do with your camera. i have BOTH a film slr and digital slr. both are minolta and they share the same lens mount which means my lens can be used for both the film and digital camera bodies. it works because the camera technology is such that the image stablization is in the digital camera body, not the digital lens like most digital slr cameras. the major advantages of my digital camera is definitely "immediate gratification". i can tell immediately how it looks and show it to someone else. if there's something amiss in the framing of the shot, i can tell right away and take the shot over again. the disadvantage is that i'm not happy with the quality of prints from home inkjet printers. the printers i like are dye-sub printers and they all cost a pretty penny for the machine as well as the cartridges. and it's so difficult to find a quality lab that'll produce a good quality print and they cost good money. the major advantage of my 35mm film camera is that i can develop and produce my own prints. i can totally manage the quality control. the quality of the prints is still better and even with the blemishes, it just feels more... "organic" and "real". the disadvantage is the cost and time. chemistry and paper all cost money. development at a good lab also cost a premium. as the popularity of digital increases and more manufactures get out of the business of film photography, the cost of film photography will just increase. and because i dont' get to see the results immediately, i often bracket and take additional shots just to ensure i have something before i leave. that translates to more film, more development and even then you're not ensured a perfect shot. and nevermind the time necessary in the lab to make a perfect print. i mostly use my film camera to take shots for specific projects and mostly personal projects. i use my digital camera on projects for clients because it's more cost effective. i also use my digital camera just for everyday things that i don't plan to print or would be okay to print at a drugstore or consumer lab like target or wolf camera. to my disappointment, minolta decided to sell off their camera division and it's been purchased by sony. sony is planning to adopt some of minolta's camera technologies to their new lines of slr cameras and continue to produce lens that are compatible to the minolta mount. my film camera is more than 10 years old and i've never had a problem with it. i'm hoping the same of my digital camera. :) |
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