So I want to get involved. It looks interesting, and pictures are pretty.
I have a Ixus 750? I think.. Digital camera. Obviously this isn't very good for photography.
I want an SLR. Question is do I blow £450+ on say a canon 400D which I have no idea what the features are like, or do I go for a film one to get me started?
I dont want to waste money incase I dont like it, but I don't want to waste money incase I do like it and want a better model.
Definately get a film one, they are a lot better than digital cameras. I studying photography this year in college, the teach was always banging on about how good film was.
But maybe start with a digicamera, then move onto film
I got bloody paranoid about losing my pics while i was travelling, used to get two copies made of cd's and send one back to the uk, keep one with me, and not delete them off the memory card. heh.
Why are they better, apart from the fact that someone told you so?
Much greater dynamic range mainly. Also, its worth bearing in mind that we're talking 35mm size here - go to MF or LF, and film is easily superior to digital.
I had a nice position at the Superbikes last weekend. I recorded it from the telly, I'll show you (Earl) how to film on a long lens when I get some leads tomorrow
Ok, anyone able to condemn any books that are shite, before I start ordering random ones from Amazon.
Its all about having the eye for photography, and its not a natural thing either - it can be learnt by anybody.
oi Tom, I was asking him to justify his statement, not you
Remember for the majority of people digital cameras are much better quality than the compact film cameras they had before.
If you want to get into the realm of spending money on good film, and medium and large format then fair enough film has an edge. But an edge most people will not notice, and not one that will justify the cost.
Most people who shoot digital don't even know how to frame a shot, let alone get the right exposure/light levels, it's all done via cropping, which is one of the things which annoys the buggery out of me. I hate cropping even in digital, if i don't get the framing and composition right then it feels wrong to me.
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Also yes high end film cameras will still be better than digital but digital has caught up very well now. Thats an old belief that film is still better, its not, well not for the things that most people will be using the images for
AFAIR almost all magazine and high fashion is digital now.
depending what you are using them for, a decent film camera, if you wanted to try translate, would come off at 60odd megapixel where as the 400d is 10.1 (which is pretty good for a budget dslr)
Obviously its difficult to translate film into digital terms but you get the point
I personally prefer digital, i've had better images from digital than i did with film my 400d takes better shots than my nikon f65 did, mainly because the 400d is canon and we all know canon are better