Recently, I have found that
photography is a skill that is essential to any store, designer, or basic blogging. There are so many different types of photography from basic black and white with an old 35mm shutter camera to the new
digital photography that requires nothing more than a camera and a computer to create something unique. Though I must say that no matter how good your equipment or how expensive your camera without an artistic eye you may find creating amazing photographic works of art to be difficult. However, all is not lost, practice, practice and more practice can show you the way to making your own fantastic shots.
New vs Old Cameras
When looking at the new vs old cameras I have found both have both good and bad things from portability to tools and uses. I have used both new and old, and I myself love both of them. They both can be difficult to use and can create beautiful works of art. I started with the 35mm camera that requires film and the use of a dark room. This requires the artist to have knowledge of chemicals and methods used to create various techniques and effects with the basic film. I soon went on to digital photography and the new methods developed for computer usage. They were both amazing and I have kept both my old and new cameras to help allow for a range of possible images.
Differences
When you look at the differences between the two types of cameras you find that some are subtle and others are very noticeable to all. The first thing that you need in a good camera is the possibility of amazing picture quality for each image. In this you will find that
digital cameras allow for better manipulation of pixels for image quality, but film has always been known to have the greatest
film resolution overall.
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| English: Cameras from Large to Small, Film to Digital. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Next you want to look at the noise and grain for each of the pictures, and the digital cameras have created a great tool to help photographers with this situation, it is called
Noise Reduction. Both cameras have inherent image noise, but when comparing similar sensitivity between film and digital the digital was found to have better image quality. Although when comparing them, digital cameras are found to have a problem with color distortion because of the noise.
Yet digital cameras do have one known problem that developers are addressing and that is dynamic range. Though these cameras are known to have a higher sensitivity or
film speed than the original 35mm cameras.
When you look back in choosing between digital and film you especially want to take into account the idea of cost difference, convenience and flexibility. Each of these topics are important when discussing photography. First is cost, there are several differences between the two first is the fact that digital cameras are much more expensive overall, but the picture development is pretty much free overall. Instead the costs go to the tools and cost of printing the final products in a high quality fashion. The basic 35mm cameras have chemical processing for the film instead.
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| This image shows a Canon EOS 350D digital single-lens reflex camera with a Tamron 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD lens. Thanks to Andreas Böttger for allowing me to make this photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
When looking at convenience and flexibility between the camera types digital has a distinct advantage. First, you are able to see the picture immediately without having to process film in a dark room. Next, you have the possibility of storage in a digital format, and the ability of
photographic editing on the computer interface. Though, the
film cameras do have some flexibility that digital doesn't such as the battery and their usage in
large format photography.
The balance between the two with both the good and bad shows why I find both to be useful in their own environment, and why I find it useful to be experienced in both types of photography.
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