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Another photography question . . .	by hadji	2008-04-28 08:03:27
It's a bit like comparing pears with oranges....	by shargo	2008-04-28 14:02:42
Take a really fast negative film (~ISO 1600)- Large easy visible grains. On the other hand a slow positive film like Kodachrome 25 - I wouldn't be surprised if it compared to GigaPixels... Both can be used in any 35mm camera. In my experience the digital cameras I've used (Nikon & Canons better amateur-models) is not as good as film when it comes to really dark/bright situations (<rant> and I do NOT like flashes, removed from camera perhaps but not cameramounted. </rant>). How will you use your pics? 5 meter high with a projector? (1600x1200 way to low...) A postcard sized print in the album? Fullsize print in a quality magazine? When your images are printed both from film and digital this also affects the result. It's easier to compensate a digital image afterwards for different problems (like that it's got a slight blue tone after photographing in the shadows a sunny summerday). Start Gimp (or other app) and play around. It's easier to cut the picture and get it printed like you want. With this (and a bit more) in mind my conclusion is this: For the majority of purposes a good digital SLR is a better choice. It's more flexible - you don't have to change film to change basic settings. However the most important part while buying a camera is still the lens. And now to an interesting note: Choose the right D-SLR & Optics and you can buy a used film-SLR that can use the same Optics! So in this case you can have the best of two worlds! :-) (Ask for D-SLR house that can use optics from film-SLR, there is special optics for D-SLRs but $$$$$)
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