 | Yippee..!! You will be able to replace your (film) camera and now
enjoy:
 | A Very expensive new hobby - that has a huge learning curve!! |
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Costly photo inkjet paper - (and ink - if maybe if
you can find it). |
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Batteries, spare batteries and really nasty
electronic stuff that can't get wet. |
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A camera that costs 5 to 10 times as much as a
comparable film camera, and obsolete within a year. |
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Much Higher costs - Film Prices have dropped
substantially to a couple bucks, or less, a roll - for 35mm!! |
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Waiting to insert your chip into processor at store -
priceless |
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| Preview your pictures instantly; delete at your leisure. Wow...
| Make this decision on a 3 inch screen? - Gee, how do you see it in the
daylight? |
| You don't get a negative. (Hey, that Pulitzer
Prize winning shot of Fluffy walking on a car roof is GONE forever) |
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| Upload pictures quickly to your computer for viewing.
| You can scan film with a cheap scanner (or get a photo cd to do
the same thing). |
| Ever have a hard-drive crash, or a CDR become unreadable?
 | It's not a matter of "if" it's a matter of when.
So make sure you make multiple back-ups of your photo memories (and
don't lose them. Label your CDRs...) |
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| Manipulate and fix pictures using photo manipulation software installed
on your computer. No need to visit a photo lab
or consult a professional.
| If you don't own a printer, or computer, or don't want to spend hours
learning digital editing software you will still be making trips to the
photo lab to make your digital prints. It's rather nice to just drop off
your film, wait a couple hours (like at Costco), and have everything
ready, already printed - without sitting in front of a PC, fooling with
software, or wrestling with a printer, not to mention watching your
expensive ink and photo paper get used up? |
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| Higher resolution on some digital cameras
| That's just flat out false. A 35mm camera has the equivalent
resolution of a 20 megapixel digital camera. The "some"
cameras they talk about are digital 20 megapixel medium format
"backs" used by pros that cost $10,000. |
| Most consumer digital cameras - even DSLRs, have
6-8
megapixels. Less than half the resolution. That's why ONLY film can be
used for big enlargements. |
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| Digital camera's allow for higher quality images.
| Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Have a look at our
gallery of images taken with a Canon
FD. |
| All digital camera's have great difficulty with bright
conditions and a much lower "latitude" than film. It is very
easy to over-expose, and your likely to get "washed out" or
"blown out" highlights. |
| They also have a lower dynamic range, and - excluding
expensive DSLRs, have a wide depth of field - everything in sharp focus.
Not something you always want, especially with portraits and close-ups. |
| With the little digicams most consumers use, did you realize
you're limited to ASA 200 speed, otherwise you get unacceptable digital
noise (far more distracting than grain, but most of us FD folks use 400
speed film and not think about it.) |
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| Ability to print pictures from your computer.
| Gee, now we know, that's not all it's cracked up to be. Inkjet
printers are notoriously finicky. Hard drives containing all your
pictures may crash. Photo-editing software can cost hundreds of dollars,
ink prices are outrageous, and photos use a lot of ink. Good inkjet
paper is also pricey. |
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