Film VS Digital

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http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

Digital does not replace film. Just look here for why a magazine like Arizona Highways simply does not accept images from digital cameras for publication since the quality is not good enough, even from 11 megapixel cameras, to print at 12 x 18."

Above paragraph from the above url. What do you think?


Dave D
 
Oh no. Not this time. I ain't gettin' suckered into any more of these threads. Viva la difference (even though film is better :)
 
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Kim Coxon said:
I wonder why this is in the Konica forum
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That was my question. While I'd love a digital Hexar RF, the only ones I'm aware of all take film. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

...Mike
 
As far as Konica is concerned, film wins as there isn't a digital Konica.

Unless you count the Sony...

(Do we NEED to concurrent film vs. digial threads???)
 
Wrong forum, but...

Much of the 'film lives' argument seems to focus on the artistic and esthetic advantages of film. I don't think that's enough to save film. Most film buyers don't know, and can't see, the difference. Even if they can, digital's speed and integration with the rest of their lives takes precedence.

Besides, digital will just get better, especially regarding resolution. Film won't.

Film sales will continue to decrease. Kodak and Fuji will drop it. Maybe when someone else buys them. Some folks will try homebrew or artisan film production. A few will make money. Eventually, only True Believers will use film, and they'll lose money doing it.
 
Well, my oldest film camera that I use is 70 years old and my oldest DSLR is only 15 years old. I don't think the DSLR will make it to 70. I've had to take it apart a couple of times already. And if the hard drive goes in it, I've only got one spare. Finding 80MByte 2.5" SCSI notebook drives is really hard these days. Finding 35mm film is much easier. Writing the raw convertor for the DSLR wasn't too bad, even though it is not documented. Yup, in the film vs digital one-on-one battle, the film camera will outlast every one.
 
Brian, even if your DSLR makes it to 70, odds are it won't know how to talk with anything else. Digital products are intended to be trashed, not repaired. It's the nature of the beast.

Your film cameras, and mine, will eventually break and we won't be able to get them repaired. That's what spells the commercial demise of film.

Meanwhile, digital will keep improving. Prices won't change much. But,capabilities will.
 
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wgerrard said:
Film sales will continue to decrease. Kodak and Fuji will drop it. Maybe when someone else buys them. Some folks will try homebrew or artisan film production. A few will make money. Eventually, only True Believers will use film, and they'll lose money doing it.
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The same thing is happening with restaurants. McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy's are getting bigger and bigger. Fine dining is a thing of the past. By 2020 all take out meals will originate with the "big three."
 
RObert Budding said:
The same thing is happening with restaurants. McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy's are getting bigger and bigger. Fine dining is a thing of the past. By 2020 all take out meals will originate with the "big three."
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...I cannot believe you just used "take out" and "fine dining" in the same sentence...

Regards,

Bill
 
What was that film where Sly was a policeman taken out of deep freeze to catch a criminal and the finest restaurant in town was Taco Bell's? :D

Kim
 
RObert Budding said:
The same thing is happening with restaurants. McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy's are getting bigger and bigger. Fine dining is a thing of the past. By 2020 all take out meals will originate with the "big three."
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Nah. The food in those joints isn't getting any better. I still eat pretty well when I go out.

The resolution offered by digital will just keep improving, as will the in-camera processing. The integration of digital images with the rest of our lives will only increase. You'll never get the quality of a Leica and a Leica lens from a cellphone camera, but few will care except artistes, and not enough of them will be around to support film. Meanwhile, you'll need a lab and a print the size of a township to tell the difference between a Leica film camera and a $400 digital.
 
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RObert Budding said:
The same thing is happening with restaurants. McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy's are getting bigger and bigger. Fine dining is a thing of the past. By 2020 all take out meals will originate with the "big three."
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So what will I eat as I don't eat at any of those garbage dumps. Without a decent Chinese or Mexican place, I'll starve. And where will I get my Korean BBQ?
 
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