| Despite the instant gratification that digital imaging | | | | captured by film cameras cannot be done by digital |
| technology offers, many people are still clinging to | | | | cameras essentially due to the differences in the two |
| the merits of the 35 mm film cameras and what | | | | media’s technology. Technology based on silver |
| these can deliver. Professional photographers | | | | halide is employed in film-based photography. The |
| generally advance two reasons why they choose film | | | | film base is a piece of plastic coated with an emulsion |
| over digital photography. These two are the feel | | | | of silver solution that when penetrated by light turns |
| and look of the images rendered by film, | | | | dark and creates a negative which is then chemically |
| characteristics most evident in movies. The | | | | developed. The captured image in the negative is |
| differences are most noticeable in motion pictures | | | | next processed and printed in an enlarger. Digital |
| that are traditionally film-based compared to video | | | | cameras, on the other hand, work through an imaging |
| footages broadcasted over television. Film-based | | | | chip capturing the light coming in and converting it to |
| movies have more life, with the images and | | | | electronic energy which is processed and saved in a |
| characters they deliver as living, breathing beings. | | | | memory card to be read by a computer from which |
| Movie buffs would describe these as film having the | | | | a print could be made. Images captured digitally are |
| soul which is absent in a digital image rendering. | | | | hence cut and dry, which quality-wise would not be |
| More depth could also be found in film because this | | | | suitable for large reproductions. This is because |
| medium captures more action, more light and much | | | | pixels recorded in binary code compose the images |
| more richness than the digital-based output. | | | | recorded digitally, and the number of pixels will limit |
| Seasoned photographers likewise describe this film | | | | the size that could be printed from the recorded |
| advantage as the style or feel that can’t be | | | | digital images. With film, however, the image is |
| found in digital images. Highlights are better held in | | | | recorded onto an analog celluloid strip with a |
| pictures taken for instance by 35mm digital | | | | sustainable capacity for much larger reproductions. |
| cameras. These highlights could be used to | | | | People dig digital cameras because these devices are |
| emphasize a main subject or express some subtle | | | | easy and convenient to use. However, the digital |
| emphasis on a secondary subject, something which | | | | cameras cannot match the freedom of versatility and |
| could not be done with digital photography. Color | | | | creativity of the 35 mm film cameras. For these |
| play also comes in when using slide film wherein the | | | | two reasons, film-based cameras are ideal tools to |
| red colors come out particularly better than in digital. | | | | train on getting the perfect aperture and speed |
| Every other color likewise tends to be more vibrant | | | | settings to specific shooting situations. Light |
| and deeper when captured on slide film than when | | | | metering skills could be honed through film-based |
| taken with a digital camera. | | | | cameras, unlike in digital photography wherein one |
| Image quality is a third element wherein film is | | | | can simply delete badly taken shots. |
| superior over digital technology. The real image | | | | |