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Film vs Digi
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Dr Funk MD
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film
Dr Funk MD
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digital
i have a film and an digi
my digi broke so i had to send it back but they fixed it, so that's cool
i took a whole roll of film but it turns out i just took 25 pictures on the same one exposure so my film was garbage
i probably put the film in wrong
therefore digi > film because you can't screw up the film in a digi because it doesn't use film
my digi broke so i had to send it back but they fixed it, so that's cool
i took a whole roll of film but it turns out i just took 25 pictures on the same one exposure so my film was garbage
i probably put the film in wrong
therefore digi > film because you can't screw up the film in a digi because it doesn't use film
Aerius Zension
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Film. My AE-1 still takes better pics than most common digital cameras.
Film allows you more manipulation by hand, can be equal amounts of pre an dpost production, depending on the result you are trying to achieve. Digital allows anyone to take a pic then, manipulate the effects in post production.
Both are just tools of the trade.
Digital is more easier to learn, esp if you have a background in computers.
Film allows you more manipulation by hand, can be equal amounts of pre an dpost production, depending on the result you are trying to achieve. Digital allows anyone to take a pic then, manipulate the effects in post production.
Both are just tools of the trade.
Digital is more easier to learn, esp if you have a background in computers.
I have to bring up a couple points when comparing film to digital...
alot of people think the quality of digital is crap, and this is because they are still printing on their ink jet printers. If you want to see digital at its finest you need to end up with a C print, or chromogentic print. The file is printed on photographic paper ( light sensitive) using RGB lasers to make the light impression. The paper then goes through the chemical process.
For anyone still shooting film ( including myself) all you images you bring to any lab ( excluding custom hand printing) this is how your images are printed, so essentially all your photographs are digital images anyways.
I'll try to find some high end digital images to show the quality.
Digital main challenge is not how many megapixels it can get, but rather achieving skin tones that mimic film.
alot of people think the quality of digital is crap, and this is because they are still printing on their ink jet printers. If you want to see digital at its finest you need to end up with a C print, or chromogentic print. The file is printed on photographic paper ( light sensitive) using RGB lasers to make the light impression. The paper then goes through the chemical process.
For anyone still shooting film ( including myself) all you images you bring to any lab ( excluding custom hand printing) this is how your images are printed, so essentially all your photographs are digital images anyways.
I'll try to find some high end digital images to show the quality.
Digital main challenge is not how many megapixels it can get, but rather achieving skin tones that mimic film.
Aerius Zension
TRIBE Member
True dat.
All photographs fade with time. Digital camera pics printed at home on an inkjet printer will fade within a year. Ones printed on a laser may last longer, but ones printed on a $250,000 photographic printer will last longest. That's the marketing strategy Black's has followed to combat the "do-it-yourself" market.
All photographs fade with time. Digital camera pics printed at home on an inkjet printer will fade within a year. Ones printed on a laser may last longer, but ones printed on a $250,000 photographic printer will last longest. That's the marketing strategy Black's has followed to combat the "do-it-yourself" market.
Aerius Zension
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What lab do you run?
That's not quite true. Printed digi pics have a longer shelf life than stanard silver halide prints.
"HP today announced third-party test results confirming that HP's recently introduced black and white capable photo printing systems offer customers professional-quality black and white photos that resist noticeable light fading for 115 years(1). "
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040128/285208_1.html
I run Pikto ( www.pikto.ca ) we are a fairly new lab, only been around for about 8 months. Its in the Distillery. I was at lab manager at West Camera/ west digital before this.
Aerius Zension
TRIBE Member
Oh Gawd, not HP. 
Might as well just save your money and buy a Konica.
Might as well just save your money and buy a Konica.
Aerius Zension
TRIBE Member
Cloning.
All those people are limbless.