Do most of you use Digital or Film?

Question

In SLRs and such?

Answer 1

I use both, film is still better quality but i will switch completely to digital as the quality improves.

Answer 2

Digital.

I like to tell people "digits are free". you can snap away, take several pictures form several angles; a cheap card nowadays will hold hundreds of pictures. I take several hundred pictures on a good vacation day, say, in Paris or Sydney.

You only have to print the ones you want, if any. If you assume a roll of film is maybe 50% "keepers", then at 20 cents a shot, digital is way cheaper. Can you buy and develop a roll of 36 film for $3.60? Plus, you can do so much more with digital - slide shows, email, etc. you can pick and choose which to print and how many, how big - so much easier and simpler than film. Reprints are painless.

I did B&W and even colour developing and printing (myself, in a darkroom, with the trays and the Cyan-Magent-Yellow filters, etc.) and it was fun. But, today's technology is so much more simple and convenient. I can see why film is disappearing.

After all, how many people use a typewriter nowadays? A manual rolodex? a rotary dial phone?

Answer 3

Film all the way.

Since all of my film equipment is manual focus equipment that can't be used on any digital camera(Canon FD mount), it would cost me around $30,000 to completely replace the system I have now with all new digital equipment.

Besides that, I just like film. I like how it looks, and I'm comfortable working with it. I've shot enough film that I know whether or not I've gotten a shot after I take it. I don't need a tiny, low resolution screen with inacurate colors to tell me this.

Frankly, too, I have yet to find another camera that I enjoy using as much as my Rolleiflex.

What I can see eventually pushing me over to digital is the lack of quality processing. Just the past week, those of us in Kentucky lost our only custom film processing lab. From now on, the closest place for slide film processing or custom color printing is Cincinatti.

Answer 4

I have been using cameras for 40+ years and once I go my hands on a digital, I put my film camera away for good. Even though the film had more resolution, the convenience and expense were major factors. My first digital was onlt 810k pixels (yes, < !Mp) but now the resolution is as good or better than film. Your only limiting factor is getting good prints.

Whenever I "Ran out of film" in my digital, I just changed memory chips or downloaded, deleted and started over. No film cost and no developing cost

I would get at LEAST a 4 M pixel camera. Mine right now is Nikon Coolpix and it works great!

Answer 5

Film to me is still better then digital, digital is what I take at family outings but would NEVER higher a digital photographer for my wedding or anything else, the quality of the printed photograph is much better with film. yes digital is advancing but there are still areas that it lacks in. If you are just looking for your basic snapshot then do with digital, I personally like film and know how to look through my camera well enough that I don't need to worry about the "junk" shots.

Answer 6

As the owner of 30 film cameras of various makes, models, and ages. I would say that I am a definite film user. :) I do own a digital camera. It's a Sony Cybershot 1.3 Megapixel Phd from 2000. :) I just like the look of the photos taken with film, and it forces me (in a good way) to concentrate on the composition of the photo, as I don't have an infinite amount of shots like with a digital camera.

Answer 7

I use digital. Much better... You can see the picture after you are finished and make sure that you have a "good" shot. Also to "have" any of your pics from film you have to have them developed. With digital all I do is burn them to a disc or leave them on my computer. And if there are any pics that I want copies of I just take the disc and get them developed. You get to pick which pictures you want developed with digital. With film you have to have them all developed and pay for them all, even if they aren't great. Hope this helps.

Answer 8

I use digital 99% of the time, but I do have a film backup camera.

Knock on wood, I've never had a DSLR fail on me when doing a shoot, so I've not needed to bring the film beast to bare.

I do use it from time to time because it is a pro level film camera and it has a 5fps auto advance, so it's great for outdoor sporting events. My DSLR only has 3fps.

Answer 9

Well, I do alot of Mountain landscape and outdoor shots so it really depends on where I'm going. If the temp. is going to be anywhere near freezing, I use my 35mm. I will also use it when I'm worried I may damage my equipment (rock climbing, mountaineering, etc.) For all my other shots I use my digital which is diffidently my favorite. I also have a medium format that I use for pre-planned shots. It's so heavy, I rarely take it hiking with me.

Answer 10

Digital, the volume of pictures one can take increases the chance of getting that great shot. However ive seen some nikons from the 60's take better pictures that any digital camera today.