This is not one of those posts to compare the two mediums in order to find the best. Rather, its supposed to give you choices and make you think about the type of photography you do and what will work best for you in your work. There also seems to be a move back toward film photography and this is exciting for many reasons.
Film still has its unique raw and real look, and remains available if you know where to buy. Many emulsions and types of film are being phased out though. Very sad indeed. Analog/Film cameras are available at good prices but people are catching onto this new trend back to film shooting and prices have moved upwards again.
Digital has reached the peak of its megapixel/size development and the new improvements in cameras nowadays is all about processing speeds, transmitting methods and connectivity. Many manufacturers have built in modes to make the digital images resemble certain types of popular film looks. I always found that strange.
A few weeks back we took a walk through Johannesburg South Africa with a Canon 5D MK3 and an old Pentax K1000 loaded with Fuji Superia 400 print film.
We used 50mm fixed lenses on both cameras and the settings on each image was identical on both cameras so that we get a fair comparison. The 5D MK3 was set to ISO400 throughout with no modified settings.
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The details in the leaves are clearly better on the film shot at a quick look. I also prefer the texture of the buildings in the film frame.
Film still has its unique raw and real look, and remains available if you know where to buy. Many emulsions and types of film are being phased out though. Very sad indeed. Analog/Film cameras are available at good prices but people are catching onto this new trend back to film shooting and prices have moved upwards again.
Digital has reached the peak of its megapixel/size development and the new improvements in cameras nowadays is all about processing speeds, transmitting methods and connectivity. Many manufacturers have built in modes to make the digital images resemble certain types of popular film looks. I always found that strange.
A few weeks back we took a walk through Johannesburg South Africa with a Canon 5D MK3 and an old Pentax K1000 loaded with Fuji Superia 400 print film.
View and enjoy
I can see many advantages in the film shot above.
Students reading at a coffee shop in the Maboneng Precinct. I love this area of Johannesburg.
Final decision is yours. We are lucky we have so many ways to take images of what we love.
Go out and shoot.
Dimitri
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