Digital Vs Film Photography

Digital vs Film Photography: I used to think that Digital Cameras are much better than their old Film cameras counterparts. But Truth can be stranger than Fiction!

We all love clicking Pictures and now-a-days we often click these on a digital camera / Smartphone. Digital Photography is all about converting light in to electric signals. While there are a lot of factors which determines the quality of an image. I chose three of them which are triangle of image exposure!


Aperture: It is basically the opening/hole in camera lens which allows the flow of light. It determines how much light will pass through lens. The larger the aperture the more light that gets in – the smaller the hole the less light.


Shutter: It controls the time frame for which light will be allowed to pass from Camera lens to image sensor. When light is bright, shutter will be open for a very short time. And when the scene is dark, shutter will be open for a long time.


ISO: It is the sensitivity of camera's sensor to light. If ISO is lower your camera will be less sensitive to light and if it's higher the sensor will be much more sensitive to light. In daylight shots ISO shall be low while in night it shall be high!


Film camera has a much better overall image quality which current average digital cameras can't match.


1. The sensor size of Film cameras is quite large, so they capture a lot more detail than digital cameras. Film cameras used a 35 mm format which is much bigger than current crop of digital cameras.


2. The quality of lenses (for film cameras) used to be excellent. After so many years of refinement, the lenses became their best assets. Although our digital cameras are coping up but they have yet to achieve the perfection of film cameras.


3. The resolution of film surpasses average digital cameras. Film cameras had around 25 megapixels of resolution. So the quality of photos is excellent!

And we all are happy while shooting through a 8 MP camera/smartphone!! Please note that the most common size of average consumer digital camera is 1/2.3".
Film cameras were excellent at photography and their level is yet to be matched by Digital cameras. Although we are covering the gap swiftly!
Hope the basics of image exposure are clear!

Source: http://www.shvoong.com/internet-and-technologies/computers/2418742-digital-vs-film-photography/#ixzz31ZTMxn4e