Digital or Analog Photography?

[Pappu]

My NRI friends say they only use digital photography, what do u guys generally use?

[Paramvir]

ok.This is one of pet arguments

Analogue (FILM based) preferable anytime.
Although most people are shooting Digital, and Canon and Nikon have drastically cut down on number of Film cameras made. Olympus doesnt make any more film cameras. Kodak is also slowly slowing down its film business.

Then why Film? Better colour rendition, better resolution, better 'look', non-linear exposure response curve, much much (read muuuuuuuuucccch) wider exposure latitude, more desirable MTF hence better resolving power, more on-camera creative options, more organic 'looks' possible (push, pull, grain etc etc), MULTIPLE EXPOSURE ( i am not aware of any ONE digital camera that lets me have this simple thing : Multiple Exposure)., and more, before i get too emotional ...

[diptanshu]

digitial saves time but i prefer film quality...

[Dalbir]

I do not remember when was the last time i used FILM in Europe. But i miss choosing from TPs.

[Paramvir]

thats probably the only thing one can say in favour of digital : Saves the time and money of processing and scanning...

but I think whenyou have multi lakh jobs you can afford to wait two days especially whenthe end result can be sooo much better.

have you ever noticed : when there is a playboy or sports illustrated shoot the cameras are digital.when there is a shoot for Louis Vuitton or Vogue Cover or even National Geographic, its film. And its magazines like NatGeo that we have learnt to endear and collect because of its photography.

In fact, till now, I know of only ONE nat-geo still feature shot on digital (correct me if i am wrong): the one of US Airforce. And the reason they chose to shoot on digital was the not having to load fesh film when the aircraft is not parallel to the ground. A film reel dropped inside an F16 flying at Mach 2 can cause havoc!!!

Some people have argued they shoot digital because they know immediately if they have the right shot. If you are a good photographer, you would know right away. Only amateurs and not too confident photographers would give that argument...

[dustyparticle]

commercial work: digital
other stuff: analog

[tridip_nandi]

to serve present work load I prefer digital. and for my hobby i always like analog one

[encyclomedia]

why for workload? do you have to release artrworks within 1/2 an hour of the shoot? ONLY then perhaps digital makes sense in terms of 'speed'...

[Priyanka]

they always shot me in digital

[encyclomedia]

its funny, i dont think most art directors even understand what they are getting when they ask for traditional film vs digital photography. and since it seems to be 'good enough', its ok.

-apologies for re-starting such an old post, but couldnt help it, as I was recently speaking to a clueless AD!