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Photography ...... Is Digital or Conventional photography better? |
Photography ...... Is Digital or Conventional photography better? It is without a doubt that digital photography has revolutionized the commercial photography industry as well as the consumer photo market. However, the decision of whether digital or film is better all depends upon your particular niche within the photo industry as well as your final output. In the commercial photography industry it is without a doubt that digital is king. Tight deadlines, clients that demand instant gratification all seem to make sense in this field. However it is not to say that clients don't on occasion demand film for final output for their particular needs. As both a fine art and commercial photographer my needs are split between the demands and interest of my clients. In terms of fine art I have gained an appreciation for the fine detail that only film can give. To clarify I make mural prints generally of a size over 8 feet wide. To do this I use an 8x10 Toyo view camera using 50 iso film. In order to get the sharpness, tonality and depth that this combination provides to me I would need a digital camera that could produce at least a minimum of 600 megapixels. However, this is not to say that I wouldn't go digital for my fine art prints if I had the option, but if you consider that a 39 megapixel Hasselblad costs over $30,000 this is simply not worth it. Anyway, each format has its benefits based on what your needs and demands are and I embrace both. And regardless of what people say there will always be a market for silver halide film and supplies, especially in the fine art field, just consider the myriad of people who practice alternative photo processes that were suppose to have died 150 years ago. Source(s): http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/f... http://www.alternativephotography.com/... digital Digital has come a long way and is now definitely as good as conventional or in some cases better. Digital I would say, because you can edit the pictures just after you have taken them, but remember the fun we had waiting to see what our photo's would turn out like (that's if they did actually turn out!) I think Digi because I take cr/p fotos that are not worth developing. x x x I recently moved to digital after years of using my trusty Canon. I can still get much better pictures (resolution, composition & colour) from the film, but love the simplicity & ease that a high res. digital format makes. |
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