Using Film Can Benefit Digital Photography

Posted: April 25, 2016

[caption id="attachment_12695" align="alignright" width="355"] Image from digital-photography-school.com[/caption] Advancement of technology and digital photography has increased interest in photography. There are many advantages to taking digital images, including saving money. However, there are still a few lessons from using good old-fashioned film that can be applied to improving digital photography. Daniel Smith, writer for Digital Photography School, shares what you can learn from film and apply it to digital photography.

4 Things You Can Learn From Film and How to Apply Them to Your Digital Photography

Since the introduction of digital cameras, photography is becoming more and more popular amongst everyone. This is largely due to the fact digital has dramatically reduced the cost of taking photos, as they no longer required to be developed, and the recording media (SD or CF cards) can be reused. Another fantastic advantage of digital, is the instant replay it gives you of the photo just taken, giving you the option to correct any flaws in the image. This is something that could not be done with film, and each photo taken would cost money; regardless of how great it was, or was not. Digital technology has come so far in the last several years that it is out-performing film on almost every level; for example, camera’s can now go up to ISO 3.2 million – an ASA (film equivalent to ISO) level that was never even considered during the films days. But does this mean that film is useless, and has nothing to offer? Absolutely not. Regardless of whether film is making some sort of a resurgence or not, there are still many things that film can teach you about photography, that digital simply cannot. Here are some thing that shooting with film can teach you better than what digital capture can do. Read the entire article 4 Things You Can Learn From Film and How to Apply Them to Your Digital Photography on Digital Photography School.