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Gargoyle said:
Quote: We were talking to someone yesterday about that.
My son was trying out all of his gadgets and functions, and if he had had to of bought film and paid for developing, he would not have had such a good learning experience. Also it is immediate and you can work on the shot right then and there to learn how to achieve the effect you were aiming for.
I think progress is great. The good old days were not that good that I would want to go back.
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I don't know, seems I got much better photos from my old point and shoot, Minolta AF Tele film camera.(from 1988) It had a faster lens than the more expensive digital point and shoots (out now) and great macro ability. I would still be using it accept I ran so much film through it, the factory said it was pretty much worn out.
 
3goodeggs said:
We were talking to someone yesterday about that.
My son was trying out all of his gadgets and functions, and if he had had to of bought film and paid for developing, he would not have had such a good learning experience. Also it is immediate and you can work on the shot right then and there to learn how to achieve the effect you were aiming for.
I think progress is great. The good old days were not that good that I would want to go back.
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I've met some photography teachers who insist their students spend a semester using film. They feel its the only way they will really understand f-stop, aperture, depth of field, etc. Some professional photographers I know agree. While I can control all of that with my digital camera (and I do), it's more of an abstract concept in digital, more direct and necessary to understand with film.
 
3goodeggs said:
We were talking to someone yesterday about that.
My son was trying out all of his gadgets and functions, and if he had had to of bought film and paid for developing, he would not have had such a good learning experience. Also it is immediate and you can work on the shot right then and there to learn how to achieve the effect you were aiming for.
I think progress is great. The good old days were not that good that I would want to go back.
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I have probably learned more in the last few months with my Nikon D5200 than I learned in my whole life. I understood zoom, focus, flash an film speed. Shutter speed I always saw an being linked to film speed. I mostly just used point an shoot cameras anyway. Learning to shoot with a nice camera would cost a lot of money in film an developing. Now with my DSLR I can shoot the same picture over an over just adjusting the F-stop an learn what that does, then do the same with the shutter speed an again with the ISO. Does not cost me a dime. I have actually burned up my SD card reader in my PC doing just that..


The biggest plus to me though is not being stuck with the current film speed. Back in the day you would put film in the camera an take pictures, but if you walked in to a darker room you were still stuck with that same film till you shot the whole roll. You would have to slow your shutter down to make up for it an that meant blur. Now I can lock my shutter at the sped I need an I can adjust my film speed based on lighting. That means I can shoot family photos in full sun then go in the house an shoot kids play fighting in a dark room withing seconds of each other an both shots be perfect.
 

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