difference between film slr camera and digital slr camera?
Posted on Sep 25, 2009 under Digital news and reports |im a beginner in photography, and need to buy a camera. i really cant afford more then £150 so i would have to get a film one, but what is the difference between that and a digital one worth £500. do you think a film one would be ok?
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
If you buy a film camera you will have to buy a digital camera later. You may as well go on and buy the digital, and if you purchase a good, interchangable lens model you won’t have to buy another camera again for years, if ever. Right there would be a good enough reason for me.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
go for a digital sld because u wont have to buy any films…. and would be cheap and easy to learn photography. difference is one runs film other has an electronic sensor.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
The basic difference is that the digital camera records on a digital media card of some description whereas the film camera records on film (obviously).
Digital tend to have more "bells and whistles" in that you can make adjustments to the recorded data in camera where film cameras record what is taken.
A film camera is a very good idea for anyone who wants to learn about photography properly.
I could go on for pages with pros and cons but go for the film camera initially.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Well. A film slr camera needs a film, like all cameras were before digital came along. And a digital slr camera does not. They’re like digital cameras in that way, except much more complicated to work, have many more different functions and of coarse the quality is so much better.
I would definitely suggest the digital one, since you are a beginner. Because with digital you can easily delete the photo if you don’t like it, and it also makes it so much simpler to edit them since you just load it onto your computer and then go from there. But with a film you might find yourself wasting a lot of it since you won’t be very experienced in getting the right camera angles, shot sizes etc. and it’ll be difficult to get the photograph that you want in the first few shots. Or that’s what I’ve found at least.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Go with film, digital are for dummies.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
There are advantages to both. Film takes better images (although this is becoming less and less true as the years roll on), but digital gives you instant feedback: you can look at your work almost immediately (immediately if you can see anything worthwhile on the LCD).
I use both. I quite often use digital to take test shots and then take my final shots with film.
For your budget, the film one would be better, but you’ll be spending money on film after that. And processing. Not sure of the cost of film or processing in the UK, so that’s something you’re going to have to evaluate for yourself.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Go ahead and get a film camera. I prefer the ones from the 70’s and 80’s over modern ones. They’re usually built better, and they don’t feel as front-heavy. New ones with plastic bodies are lighter than their lens unless you get a really short lens, and to me that’s just uncomfortable.
The quality is NOT better with digital. Print film has a greater dynamic range than digital sensors. If you get a sharp lens and good film, you should be very happy with the quality. It’s good to learn with film as well because generally people will pay more attention to making the shot ‘right’ if they have no instant feedback or film to replenish.
You can save up for a digital camera if you wish. The pros are that you can upload a bit more easily to the computer (sans scanner) and you can store more photos in a tighter space. You will not ‘need’ to get a digital camera later if you decide to get a film camera. That is total crap. If you wish to, that is another story.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
If you buy a digital camera, the major cost will be up front. With a film camera, you will be paying for film and processing ad infinitum. It will be more costly in the long run. There’s a reason that film cameras are cheaper than digital: good quality used film cameras are being dumped on the market by photographers who are abandoning them in favor of digital. You will find that film and processing will become more costly and it will be more difficult to find a company that will process your film.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
they are really really different.
digital are digital.
film needs processing.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Get into film. I wanted to lean photography and this was a good way.
So I took it. So far, great! If I bought a DSLR, it would be completely obsolete. 2 models have passed it over on two years. A good ‘ol 70s RF or SLR lasts more, is tougher and better made. Simpler, it just takes photographs. No videos and useless features one doesn’t need for photography.
It’s better to learn with film, you spend time concentrating on photography, not on the screen.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
For what it costs to purchase a used Digital SLR, you could buy a film SLR and have enough left for an extra lense, trripod, etc.. A lot of people seem to believe Digital is better for learning, because you can erase mistakes. I completely disagree. Film forces you to think about the shot, composition, color, etc.. With digital, everyone thinks they’re the next Dorothea Lange, because they can fire off 50 or 60 shots and maybe 5 come out decent.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Both have advantages.
There is a huge advantage to film that is rarely mentioned; with film you end up with a real, "hold-in-your-hand", physical medium of the image. Be it a negative or a slide, it is something that can be turned into a digital image and also be physically stored away for safe keeping. Best of both worlds.
As a bonus, negatives are immune to server crashes, viruses and hard drive failures.
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