Debate: photography film versus digital

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👿Belial May 30, 2012

Sorry too much photography on the brain lately but thought I'd see how one would do on this forum.
༎།SཛཀᎢཇΧ།༎ May 30, 2012

I lean towards the digital camera the most...Unless ofcourse, it's a horribly cheap one. You can also save more money in the long run by using a digital camera. Good luck on the photography. 👍
Brown🎵Note May 30, 2012

Film is not dead. It just smells funny.
☭Ʈჩع ཞعժ A͜ཞღγ☭ May 30, 2012

Digital, since it can be loaded onto a computer and sent cheaper and more efficently than film.
ZRAYGO May 30, 2012

I get a film in my bathtub, just won't go away.
👿Belial May 30, 2012

Baron Von Fritz wrote:
I lean towards the digital camera the most...Unless ofcourse, it's a horribly cheap one. You can also save more money in the long run by using a digital camera. Good luck on the photography. 👍

I'm not positive about the save money part. Film can be acquired as cheap as $1 a roll these days and developing has come way down as well. Digital is so expensive for a camera that it takes a lot of photos to break even with cost
〓SHЯIИUT〓 May 30, 2012

Digital.
Good to hear from ya B
papabear72 May 30, 2012

👿Belial wrote:
Baron Von Fritz wrote:
I lean towards the digital camera the most...Unless ofcourse, it's a horribly cheap one. You can also save more money in the long run by using a digital camera. Good luck on the photography. 👍

I'm not positive about the save money part. Film can be acquired as cheap as $1 a roll these days and developing has come way down as well. Digital is so expensive for a camera that it takes a lot of photos to break even with cost
Just remember the old saying, you get what you pay for. If your paying a buck a roll, you can't be garunteed the quality of those memories you tried to capture. With digital, you can see it before you leave the area. Then decide if you want to retake that picture of old aunt Mildred napping under the tree with the pigeon nesting in her blue bee hive hairdo.
👿Belial May 30, 2012

I shoot digital but I still think film is of greater resolution and quality. No digital small format can beat 8x10 film as of yet
🎩HEISENBURG🎩 May 30, 2012

I shoot with a dslr but have been trying to find a good deal on a film slr on eBay. I think it could be fun to learn. From pros I have talked to film yields results that digital can't. On that note digital requires a lot of post processing in order to achieve what you can with film with less work. I think film requires a lot of patience and that's why people have gone to digital. Most people (myself included) aren't willing to wait for something they can have right now.
Primo Loco May 30, 2012

💀ՏɧʀɪɲʉϮ💀+₅₅₂ wrote:
Digital.
Good to hear from ya B

I like film because well the pics can't be edited much so you get what you see. But digital has alot of features that help with those problems that film just doesn't do for you. I'm neutral. I'll be lying if I said I liked one more than the other. Poloroids are faster to develope into an actual picture for an album or something where as digital is for ppl that like their pics to go straight to their computer
༎།SཛཀᎢཇΧ།༎ May 30, 2012

👿Belial wrote:
I shoot digital but I still think film is of greater resolution and quality. No digital small format can beat 8x10 film as of yet

True. I simply like the digital cameras (If good quality) because you can delete and retake a picture if the first doesn't turn out the preferred way.
👿Belial May 30, 2012

Yes. Digital is a compromise of quality for convenience
👿Belial May 30, 2012

Primo Loco wrote:
💀ՏɧʀɪɲʉϮ💀+₅₅₂ wrote:
Digital.
Good to hear from ya B

I like film because well the pics can't be edited much so you get what you see.
Untrue. Film can be edited near as much as digital
🎩HEISENBURG🎩 May 30, 2012

What do you guys shoot with? I have a Nikon d5100 and love it. I was going to get the d7000 but i was impatient and it was more than i wanted to spend. I use mine for ads I take for my job.
👿Belial May 30, 2012

Canon 500d. For you tw photographers we have a pal room called photography room if you're interested
🎩HEISENBURG🎩 May 30, 2012

👿Belial wrote:
Canon 500d. For you tw photographers we have a pal room called photography room if you're interested

Thanks for sharing I'll have to check it out.
sadsam May 30, 2012

Digital takes much of the skill away, you can rattle off 100 shots and then delete 99 rubbish ones.
Not that I have any skill, 😢
★CHUCKDΛVΞ★ May 30, 2012

B, I asked in the other post but, do you know anything about the Kodak EASYSHARE Z5120 Camera - 16 MP, 26x Optical Zoom, 3" LCD Screen, 26mm Wide Angle & Camera Case that woot.com has for $149?
Ojibwe May 30, 2012

I have a bunch of different formats, from minox to 4x5 plus digital and stereo. They each do different things. I don't think there is a debate, just different tools for different jobs.
〓 M A T G I E 〓 May 30, 2012

I use a dslr - cannon rebel XTI with a tamron lens - and enjoy it because I like to take LOTS of pictures. And, with most of our relatives out of state is is much more cost effective that multiple copies and snail mail.
👿Belial May 30, 2012

ChuckDave wrote:
B, I asked in the other post but, do you know anything about the Kodak EASYSHARE Z5120 Camera - 16 MP, 26x Optical Zoom, 3" LCD Screen, 26mm Wide Angle & Camera Case that woot.com has for $149?

I don't pay much attention to Kodak but with their future unclear I'd go with another brand. Canon and Nikon are both always safe
OneThumbBastard May 30, 2012

I like the ability to take lots of photos and then discard the ones that don't cut it. Much more time and cost efficient IMO.
Brown🎵Note May 30, 2012

The best part about digital is the instant feedback. When learning about exposure and lighting techniques, instant feedback cuts the old film learning curve back by YEARS.

It's making more and better photographers.