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TOK:
I think carrying a spare battery vs. multiple rolls of film is kind of a wash here, but we're getting into fanatically dangerous territory.  ;D
I did just use a film camera for something cool, and a disposable at that... They have them encased in plastic and good for up to like 30 feet deep. A custom housing for our digital would have been way too expensive, I think the 35mm was under 15 bucks.

bishmasterb:

--- Quote from: Ken Layton on August 31, 2008, 02:05:31 pm ---I can take pictures without a battery in my camera. Can you do that with a 'digital' one?

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Technological advances are rarely ALL good. While they are made up of many beneficial changes, often they include compromises and even negative aspects.

For example, cars have to have gasoline, maintenance and repairs. The oil must be checked, the tires inflated and rotated, and they can of course be dangerous. But, we put up with all of those things because they beat horse drawn carriages. Keeping hay on hand for food and disposing of horse ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- just plain sucks.

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on August 31, 2008, 02:10:34 pm ---I can instantly see the image I took and know whether or not I need to adjust my lighting or positioning in my picture.  All this can be done in a matter of seconds. 

Can you do that with a "film-based" camera?   ;)

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Yes.

protokatie:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on August 31, 2008, 05:23:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jdurg on August 31, 2008, 02:10:34 pm ---I can instantly see the image I took and know whether or not I need to adjust my lighting or positioning in my picture.  All this can be done in a matter of seconds. 

Can you do that with a "film-based" camera?   ;)

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Yes.

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We aren't talking about Polaroid here, ark :P

As per the "wedding" thing: The best way to get wedding shots is to get a bunch of disposable cameras and hand them off to the guests. (This is in addition to a professional or dedicated photographer). Some of the best shots will come from the guests taking their own pics with the disposables. (Just make sure to get the so-called "digital" disposable cameras. They are film cameras, but instead of just getting prints and the negative back, you also get a CD with JPEG negative scans, a definate plus)

Zero_Hour:
One thing that neither Film or Digital do - Give the Photographer a "good eye". Sure Digital Helps Framing, and you can do some cool things with exposures and labwork with film (I know, I know -  Photoshop, but it just isn't quite the same to me), but the difference between a good picture and a great picture - at least, has more to do with the artistic vision of the photographer, than the technology they employ. I have all the technical knowledge of Photography fairly well understood, but my wife, who knows far less than I do about how cameras work, takes better photographs than I ever will. In the end, choose digital, or choose film, they're both just tools.

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