SLR Film Camera vs SLR Digital Camera

Do you prefer to use analog or digital things? If you’re planning to buy a SLR camera, which one would you like to get, film or digital camera? Both of them will cost but have nice qualities, and the process of taking a photo and making a print are quite different. Nowadays, digital cameras (not SLR) dominate a market because it’s easy to use it effectively. Still, SLR film camera is loved by many photographers.
The first thing is the cost of camera, parts and running costs. Both of cameras need a lens. Lens takes a lot of money the same way. How about the body? Film camera is not so expensive, but you have to spend your many on film and development. On the other hand, digital camera is really expensive, but you don’t have to buy things, which I described above.
The second difference is hot to take a photo. Usually, film camera uses manual focus mode. There are some steps before you take a photo. First, you have to think about how light the place is. This is very important to set the aperture and shutter speed because most of film cameras don’t have a speed light, so you have to figure out the light with using exposure meter. Then, you pull the film lever, focus on what you want to take, and release a shutter. It looks a little bit hard for you, but you can feel some good sense of tension and get satisfaction from these steps. Digital camera uses auto focus mode, so it’s convenient and easy to focus on the subject. Then, you can check what you took right after with the LCD of digital camera. Film camera doesn’t have a LCD but you will look forward to seeing the images that you took with the camera.
The last difference is how to make a print. Again, film camera has many steps and needs special tools to make a print, but you can use a lot of imagination to figure out the best print for each photo. You use a printing machine and color filters, or you can make your own darkroom in your home bathroom. You expose the image of film to a paper, and then put it into the liquids for developing. The moment of a picture is coming out from a developing paper fascinates people. Digital camera uses a memory card, so you don’t have to go to or make darkroom and ready for making a print. This is one of benefits for digital camera users. It’s easy to put pictures on your computer and print it out. But you have to buy a printer first. And if you want to fix colors, contrast, and shape of your photo, you have to buy Photoshop too. It is a good tool to fix your photos but sometimes it makes a fake print. Because of this, some photographers don’t use digital camera.
As you can see, film camera has more steps to do everything than digital one. But these are the basic and most important elements to know what the photography is. People choose a camera depending on their situation and need. Nowadays, most mechanical things are changing to digital from analog. But analog things have good points contrary to popular belief. Why don’t you look back the things you used before? There are some that you will like and be impressed again.