Digital Camera Vs Film Camera
If you're less than fifteen years old, it's very likely that you don't even remember that a few short years ago all our cameras needed rolls of film to work. As a child of the computer era, you are used to the digital camera. No doubt all your friends own one of these handy little toys. Let us have a closer look at how this revolutionized the world of photography.
Not so long ago there was no way to know what your pictures were going to look like before they were developed. During the last years of the film camera, pictures could be developed in an hour. Before that it took days or even weeks before you had copies of your photos. Nowadays all cameras have an instant preview facility: if you don't like what you see, you simply take another picture.
Photographers of yesteryear had to spend a small fortune in getting their films developed. There was no way around this. Today all you have to do is to download your pictures to your computer to make space for new ones. You only need to print a picture if you want to frame it or give it to someone who doesn't have a computer.
Initially the photo quality of digital cameras could not quite compare with that of a top of the range film camera. This has changed dramatically over the past few years, and today the pictures taken by a top quality digital camera compare to the best taken by film cameras. There are still a few professional photographers who prefer film cameras, often to take arty black and white pictures.
A major benefit of most digital cameras you get today is that they can also take move clips. The majority of them can add sound as well, so you have a short video recording complete with sight and sound to show to your family back home. In the old days one had to have a separate movie camera to do this.
With film cameras you had the major drawback that you could only take a certain number of pictures with one roll of film. Then you had to take it out, taking care that it's not exposed to light, and insert a new roll. With their digital counterparts of today, you are only limited by the storage capacity of the memory card. Very often you can take hundreds or thousands of photos before having to download them to your desktop or laptop.
A film camera had a lot of working parts and this limited its lifetime. With a digital camera you have very few moving parts. These cameras should therefore, at least theoretically, last a very long time. Giving it the proper care and not exposing it to water, high temperatures and chemicals will no doubt ensure you get many years of trouble-free service from your camera.
Not so long ago there was no way to know what your pictures were going to look like before they were developed. During the last years of the film camera, pictures could be developed in an hour. Before that it took days or even weeks before you had copies of your photos. Nowadays all cameras have an instant preview facility: if you don't like what you see, you simply take another picture.
Photographers of yesteryear had to spend a small fortune in getting their films developed. There was no way around this. Today all you have to do is to download your pictures to your computer to make space for new ones. You only need to print a picture if you want to frame it or give it to someone who doesn't have a computer.
Initially the photo quality of digital cameras could not quite compare with that of a top of the range film camera. This has changed dramatically over the past few years, and today the pictures taken by a top quality digital camera compare to the best taken by film cameras. There are still a few professional photographers who prefer film cameras, often to take arty black and white pictures.
A major benefit of most digital cameras you get today is that they can also take move clips. The majority of them can add sound as well, so you have a short video recording complete with sight and sound to show to your family back home. In the old days one had to have a separate movie camera to do this.
With film cameras you had the major drawback that you could only take a certain number of pictures with one roll of film. Then you had to take it out, taking care that it's not exposed to light, and insert a new roll. With their digital counterparts of today, you are only limited by the storage capacity of the memory card. Very often you can take hundreds or thousands of photos before having to download them to your desktop or laptop.
A film camera had a lot of working parts and this limited its lifetime. With a digital camera you have very few moving parts. These cameras should therefore, at least theoretically, last a very long time. Giving it the proper care and not exposing it to water, high temperatures and chemicals will no doubt ensure you get many years of trouble-free service from your camera.
