Digital Photography Vs 35mm Photography, Which Provides The Best Photographs?
November 5th, 2009 | 
Author: i’m comparing images from my digital vs. photos from my 35mm, and must say that i prefer the 35mm images.
from an artistic point of view and a professional point of view, which provides the best image?
as far as being convenient, digital is a slam dunk. but please consider the actual image quality and not the advantages of digital.
thanks so much!
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The answer is pretty simple: The best photographer provides the best photographs. There have been both digital and film classic photos- it’s not something to compare. From a professional point of view- I think digital easily easily easily wins. Just take a look at the equipment of pros and contest winners. From an aesthetic point of view, the soul of film will never be replaced by the digital world.
Image quality= digital.
If a person lacks knowledge about light, composition, f-stops, lenses, shutter speeds and ISO then no amount of digital editing or wet darkroom manipulation will make a poor quality negative or digital file into something good, much less great.
If a person has the aforementioned knowledge but lacks the skill to use it to make the picture they want to make then they will still produce poor quality negatives or digital files.
Its just as easy to make lousy pictures with a film camera as it is with a digital camera.
Its just as difficult to make great pictures with a digital camera as it is with a film camera.
At the end of the day it still comes down to this: “Its not the camera, its the photographer.”
Film requires so much more thought. I tend to turn off a little with digital and just shoot until I have something that looks about right. I actually *think* when I have a film camera. My photos look so much better from my film camera just because I’ve put the thought in.
On a technical basis a Canon EOS 5D will beat and 35mm film camera, but I’d rather have the film cam.
Hands down, defacto, a FF digital camera will produce a technically superior image over 35mm. It will cost you about $3000 but it is real and true.
Medium and Large format film still rules IMHO.
(APS-C, of course, lags behind 35mm. I suspect you already knew that though.)