35mm cameras vs. digital cameras flash?

Question

this is a question that's been burning inside my head. What's the difference between a 35mm camera with flash/no flash and a digital camera with flash/no flash?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you are really asking. I going to hazard a guess that you want to know if the requirements for flash is different for Film VS Digital cameras. Is one better than the other in conditions that require flash and ones that do not? The short answer is no. The reasons and conditions are the same for both mediums. The biggest difference in film and digital is that you can customize your film camera for any condition by changing film selection. Digital cameras are limited to the design/features of the camera and the software built-in. For 99.9% of all users taking photographs there is nothing that a high end film camera can do that a high end digital camera cannot. That is the case at the high end. At the low end there are big differences. If you do not buy a digital camera for the conditions that you need it for, it cannot be modified easily by the user.

Case in point, If a low end camera is missing manual camera modes, there is nothing the user can do to add that feature. A low end film camera is probably only going to come with manual mode so the user is responsible for everything.
The buyer of a digital camera must be more careful about features than the film camera user. On the other hand if photographic conditions change and you have one kind of film in your camera and you need to switch mid-roll. That is not easily done in film camera, but in digital it is simple as turning a knob or punching a few buttons.

Personal example: I was shooting a show in an brightly light arena and later in the show the lights came down to a single spot light. When I use to shoot film, I carried 3 or 4 cameras and lens combinations. Each body would be loaded with different film with different film speeds. Now all I have to do is carry my single digital and change settings with different conditions. Which is better? Depends on who you talk to. Me because I only have to carry a single camera and one or two lenses. My camera shop thinks the film setup was a better deal because I had to buy more equipment and lots of different film and then get that film processed. The electronics store thinks that digital is better because I now buy lots of computer equipment from them.

Hope that puts out the fire in your head.

Answer 2

The 35mm camera is a thing of the past. Even with two flashes the 35mm, cameras are a piece of junk. Have you ever taken a picture that will represent something in your life, all of the sudden they don't develope like you thought it would? Well that is the number one problem we all had with 35mm cameras. In the other hand a digital camera with flash are awesome. Why, because you can really see the picture how it is before you pay to develope. With digital cameras you won't Even need a flash because they are equipped with what they call LUX. LUX is The International System unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square meter. A 5 LUX digital camera or cam-corder is not that good to use in the dark. A 0 or 1 lux is what we all must use so we won't miss any detail when shooting at night or in dark places. Sometimes the cameras are equipped with night-shot. witch is better than 0 LUX. I would advise you to purchase a digital camera ASAP. The camera might cost you $300.00 but the image on paper will be priceless. Enjoy and have fun.

Answer 3

there aren't many digital cameras without flash except the super cheap ones.

A flim camera can accept differnt types of film up to super sensitive films which allow you to take pictures in almost no light
In a difital camera the sensor cannot be changed, so if it's super dark, you will need the flash or get an all back image.
Is your question about flashes like some nikon which are designed for digital cameras only ?

Answer 4

To me, the 35 mm image is sharper.