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depends on the camera. Alot of high end digital cameras take OUTSTANDING photos.
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Yes they can. When you print a well focused digital picture with high enough resolution on good photo paper, you really can't tell the difference.
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Just delivered a crystal clear 16X20 to one of my clients to give as a gift to her parents. It was from her engagement session. Another client who saw it in our studio before delivery asked about ordering a 20X30 (I'm talking inches here, in case our European friends are reading). I'm shooting 6.5 megapixel Nikon SLR cameras. So, yes, digital is pretty darn good. I could never have prodced these prints at the same quality level from 35mm film, and the APS sensor size easily rivals medium format film in some applications. Much of the quality depends on the lens used, sensor quality, processing software, and you skills with lighting and exposure. There's a lot that goes into a good print, and you have to be familiar with each step of the process.
Truth be known, film does have it's advantages. Film has a somewhat random grain structure, and that's why you get great results with some films. Ever see those unretouched portraits with creamy skin tones from a film capture? Human skin isn't perfect, and there is just enough random grain placement (and minute differences in grain size) in film to make some of the tiny imperfections in skin go away when the print is made. Like reducing the appearance of skin pores. Make sense? Some films are better than others at this.
Digital can be too perfect. It will capture every detail and flaw if you are using decent equipment. This is great for product and nature photography, but it's not always good for people photography. But the good news is that we can mimic the look of film using certain software applications in Photoshop.
So, is digital as good as film? Yes, in some situations. I've only talked about print quality here - thre are many other variables to discuss, such as flexibility when shooting on the fly. In others situations, digital just offers different results, no better, no worse.
Truth be known, film does have it's advantages. Film has a somewhat random grain structure, and that's why you get great results with some films. Ever see those unretouched portraits with creamy skin tones from a film capture? Human skin isn't perfect, and there is just enough random grain placement (and minute differences in grain size) in film to make some of the tiny imperfections in skin go away when the print is made. Like reducing the appearance of skin pores. Make sense? Some films are better than others at this.
Digital can be too perfect. It will capture every detail and flaw if you are using decent equipment. This is great for product and nature photography, but it's not always good for people photography. But the good news is that we can mimic the look of film using certain software applications in Photoshop.
So, is digital as good as film? Yes, in some situations. I've only talked about print quality here - thre are many other variables to discuss, such as flexibility when shooting on the fly. In others situations, digital just offers different results, no better, no worse.
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Well, I know this has no relation to the question that was asked, but it's a story that should serve as a reminder concerning digital cameras...
My cousin got a digital SLR a while back because her old 35mm SLR "bit the dust after 10 years and 10,000 pictures" as she put it. She uses the SLR for both work and personal photography.
Christmas Day night (meaning around 6:00 p.m. on Christmas Day) she had assembled her entire family for a photo by the Christmas tree. On and off all day long she and I had been shooting pictures - I was using my 35mm pocket zoom camera.
Well - I took the shot with my pocket camera and had one frame left. She jumped out of the picture and ran over to get her digital SLR and ready it for me to take a shot with it for her.
Oops! She didn't have anymore frames (or whatever) left on her memory card and she dind't have a spare memory card at home either. And, neither did she want to delete any of the shots she had already taken, so it wound up that I took a second shot of the picture with the last frame on my roll.
The point of the story is - digital cameras are great - as long as you remember to make sure to have an extra memory card or two available in case you get shutter happy!
My cousin got a digital SLR a while back because her old 35mm SLR "bit the dust after 10 years and 10,000 pictures" as she put it. She uses the SLR for both work and personal photography.
Christmas Day night (meaning around 6:00 p.m. on Christmas Day) she had assembled her entire family for a photo by the Christmas tree. On and off all day long she and I had been shooting pictures - I was using my 35mm pocket zoom camera.
Well - I took the shot with my pocket camera and had one frame left. She jumped out of the picture and ran over to get her digital SLR and ready it for me to take a shot with it for her.
Oops! She didn't have anymore frames (or whatever) left on her memory card and she dind't have a spare memory card at home either. And, neither did she want to delete any of the shots she had already taken, so it wound up that I took a second shot of the picture with the last frame on my roll.
The point of the story is - digital cameras are great - as long as you remember to make sure to have an extra memory card or two available in case you get shutter happy!
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Sparklers said:
You may not have to spend quite that much to take good pictures. It really depends on how big you want your prints to be (megapixels='mo money). You can't go wrong with Canon or Nikon.
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TO me, they are worth the cards, the batteries, everything; their convenience and instant viewing of the images are that important to me.
No developing, no buying of film, no darkroom, no waiting.
No developing, no buying of film, no darkroom, no waiting.
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