Digital and Film
There are two kinds of media for photography that are available to you.
The analogue technology has been around for a long time and is still today, that is film.
A few decades ago modern technology has created digital cameras, to let you to take your pictures using a digital sensor called the CCD or CMOS.
There are a lot of pros and cons to both technologies, here are a few that came to my mind and you might wish to consider:
Film or analogue photography:
The analogue technology has been around for a long time and is still today, that is film.
A few decades ago modern technology has created digital cameras, to let you to take your pictures using a digital sensor called the CCD or CMOS.
There are a lot of pros and cons to both technologies, here are a few that came to my mind and you might wish to consider:
Film or analogue photography:
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Pros:
- High resolution makes film photography best for enlargements - With film photos you consider your pictures a lot more, possibly making you learn faster and you just might be creating a larger percent of good pictures - The mood: film photography has a kind of mood to it, that digitals will never replace... taking care of all your shots, not wasting them... waiting for the developed film...etc. |
Cons:
- You have to wait longer for the film to be developed into pictures and again for enlargements...etc. - Limited number of pictures can be taken onto one film - You cannot immediately review your pictures - It is significantly more expensive to work with film photograpy (due to film and development prices) |
35mm camera film
Digital or computerized photograpy:
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Pros:
- You can instantly review your pictures after taking them and select the ones you like - maybe repeat them - Easier after-shot touchup can be added to the images - A lot larger number of pictures can be taken by a digital camera onto the memory card - Once you bought your camera it is quite cheap to photograph digitally - even the printouts from digital are cheaper - Digital machines have a lot of fun and useful functions that you can use to capture interesting things and prescious moments more easily |
Cons:
- A digital might have a resolution of several 10 megapixels, but still it will NEVER achieve the detail of an analogue picture (digital pictures have several thousand pixels by row, analogue ones have millions and billions of particles called grains on each photo) - Most people don't preserve digital photos (even printouts) as much as the ones made from film - "I have it on my PC anyway..." |
As you could clearly see, digital photography is faster, cheaper and easier to use than film photography. However, film photography has and requires a kind of approach that is - in my opinion - more worthy of the profession.
If you would like to choose between the two, there are still a lot of things yet for you to consider.
The choice between Digital and Film photography are not the last decision you will have to make before you begin your journey on the road of photography.
If you would like to choose between the two, there are still a lot of things yet for you to consider.
The choice between Digital and Film photography are not the last decision you will have to make before you begin your journey on the road of photography.
