Film vs. Digital?
While newspapers and photojournalists have completely switched over to the age of digital cameras because of their efficiency, casual photographers may not want to throw away their old film camera body just yet.
I found this great post over at kenrockwell.com that makes an in-depth comparison between the advantages of film and digital cameras. While film has already been replaced by digital in the realm of journalism since film takes an extended time to develop and requires an expert to handle the responsibilities, that doesn’t mean that the old way of doing things doesn’t have its advantages…
“If and only if you’re an accomplished artist who can extract every last drop from film’s quality then film, meaning large format film, technically is better than digital in every way. Few people have the skill to work film out to this level, thus the debate.
Most people get better results from digital. Artists print their own work, but if you use a lab for prints you’ll have more control and get better results from digital.”
Even though digital cameras have a gazillion mega-pixels now, they still can’t match the sheer detail of a film shot, meaning that aspiring artistic photographers may want to hold off on the digital revolution.
“A glass plate from 1880 still has more resolution than a Canon 1Ds-MkII. Film always wins here when used by a skilled photographer.”
“If you do fret the pixel counts, I find that it takes about 25 mega-pixels to simulate 35mm film’s practical resolution, which is still far more than any practical digital camera. At the 6 mega-pixel level digital gives about the same sharpness as a duplicate slide, which is plenty for most things.”
So those with the time, skill and patience to still play around with film cameras, make sure you don’t turn your darkroom into a storage closet just yet.
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