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12/14/2004 05:41:03 PM · #1 |
| I've noticed that you can get a really great film camera that takes the same lenses as the digi's for $300... or you can get the 1D film equivilants the EOS 1v for about $600. How much is the price for scanning, what do you think of doing that, and editing? Is it nearly as good, or worth it for the better camera? |
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12/14/2004 05:47:54 PM · #2 |
| You can get great results from a scanner, but still have to pay for the film and the developing of that film... |
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12/14/2004 05:55:46 PM · #3 |
| i mean have them scanned at the photolab? like, really high rez scans. I'm not sure my scanner will do anything better than 600dpi |
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12/14/2004 06:00:08 PM · #4 |
It has it's pros and cons. Digital you can see your images right away and then edit them and not spend a cent in developing, but the cost of the camera itself is way up there.
35mm you won't have as much trouble with flatness that you do with digital, the camera is far less expensive, but then you have to pay to develope the prints and then the scanner and the time spent scanning the photos or negatives.
I recently bought a 35mm with the thoughts of doing just that after completing a class I was taking, but within 2 weeks I had found a stockpile of undeveloped film growing and I really miss the ease and freedom I have with digital. |
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12/14/2004 06:04:31 PM · #5 |
Well, I took a photography class a couple months ago and had to use slide film. It costs maybe $4 for the film and maybe $10-12 to develop a 36 exposure roll. I'm sure you can get the film cheaper in bulk. Say that's maybe $.40 a picture. Then 2500 pictures will cost you $1000 - that's before any extra cost of photolab scanning (which I'm sure you could do selectivly). I don't know about you, but I've already got 4000+ pictures on my D70 which I got in June.
The other nice thing about digital, in case you don't have a fully-stocked dark room handy, is that you are in total control over the post-production. No photo-lab automatic exposure/color correction will interfere with your creativity. My understanding is that is why professional film photographers tend to use slide film rather than negatives - slide file is just developed as is while making prints from negatives is subject to a lot of things outside the photographer's control.
Anyway - before I went digital I had a nice SLR and got the photo CDs - but I quickly realized that it would be more cost effective to go digital with the volume of pictures that I liked to take. |
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12/14/2004 06:17:14 PM · #6 |
With the number of pictures I throw away, it would be pointless for me to shoot film...I think I'd be broke already and probably have to give up gas money to get more film. Good old USB :-D
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12/14/2004 06:45:13 PM · #7 |
It will probably cost about $1 per frame to have good scans done. If you really want to shoot film & scan, buy a film scanner, a good one can be had for $350 or so. It will pay for itself pretty quickly. A good unit (older but performs well) would be something like the Nikon LS-40.
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12/14/2004 07:03:46 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
It will probably cost about $1 per frame to have good scans done. If you really want to shoot film & scan, buy a film scanner, a good one can be had for $350 or so. It will pay for itself pretty quickly. A good unit (older but performs well) would be something like the Nikon LS-40. |
My mother just purchased the Minolta Dimage Dual IV slide scanner. I'll try to report back how well it performs. Seens to be a good deal at ~$270 (adorama.com). |
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12/15/2004 08:45:40 AM · #9 |
even if you're shooting regular print film, and developing at CVS, you're gonna be looking at around 7 dollars, per 24 roll, to develop. If you're looking at shooting film as a cheaper alternative to digital... well, i think film costs more, but it's just spread out over a little more time.
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