FILM or DIGITAL?

Doing photography professionally, I much prefer digital with immediate feedback. I once had a flash unit quit on me during a wedding. I didn't know it until I got the film back. Luckily I use two units, so one fired. The photos were a little dark, but they were acceptable to the client. With digital, I know that on the spot and can make the corrections. As for the darkroom, Photoshop is the digital photographers darkroom. There are so many things I can do with it, actually even more than a regular darkroom. I can correct blemishes or exposure. I can even apply filters to the photo without have to have had them on the camera. All this is not to mention that I don't have to store tons of prints or negatives. I just file them on my computer and delete the ones I don't like or can't use. There's cost. The camera costs more up front, but in the long run, I'm not purchasing film and processing it. I love digital and don't think I'd ever go back, although I admit it has it's place still.

I grew up using film, did all the courses and learned how to take fairly good photos. My fist digital was a fairly decent point and shot digital. It had some manual features, but it wasn't the same as a SLR. I recently upgraded to a Canon Digital Rebel, and love it. SLR + Digital = The best of both worlds!

I actually prefer digital because I can see what the photo looks like right away. Plus, it doesn't have the cost of film and developing. So once you have the camera, you're set. You can choose to have prints made or just keep the files on your computer. That said though, I am fooling around with a manual film camera lately. I hope to finish the roll soon and see how the photos come out.

Better to know first of all the "old version" of photography. But i prefer to use digital one as it is more enhanced and easy to deal with. Good luck to your photography class.

Ihave a camera that uses film. I like the excitement in seeing the pictures after a long wait. However, I have decided to move with times and to have a digital camera soon. Even then I will keep my old film camera and use it to good effect.

I love the tactile sensations of the darkroom. If I had access to one, I'd definitely do more black and white photography. As is, digital is so much cheaper. I've got a digital Rebel and photoshop, and it's pretty much all I use. I still prefer film though. Taking color film to the processor is so much easier than manually processing all my RAW stuff into tifs.

Having shot both Filma dn Digital I perfer digital. I findmy self taking many more photos and getting better results because I am not concerned with what if it doens't turn out. I just got done taking pictures of a Basketball Game for the local paper. With film i would have taken 7 to 10 photosand may get one for the paper. With digital I took 167 photos and have 40 -60 quality photos for the editor to choose from. I knew 2 hours after the game i would have publishable photos. I am sold on digital.

This is one good debate issue. I believe that if you have the passion for photography, you'd discover the differences among the various ways to develop and process photos. Congratulations. For me since all I got is a digital, and I take pictures to capture images for future remembrance. This is okay for me.

I prefer film. There just seems to be so much more that I can do with my 35m camera than my digital. I need the flexibility of the 35m. The only thing the digital has going for it, is the instant photo. Even with that I will still get a print made up!

I tend to use digital more, just because sometimes I also let my son use the camera, and he LOVES to see the pictures he has taken as soon as they are taken. I also like it because its easier to just load them up on the computer and play with the different software creating effects, etc. Perhaps if I ever get talented enough to know how to use a dark room, I'd prefer the film option as well.

I prefer both digital and film..for professional i prefer film and for practice purpose i prefer 6million mega pixel digital camera

I like both and think they offer + and - sides. I think digital would be my choice because it's so easy to use and take photos. you quickly edit 'em and print them off. unlike you can with a film, you need to wait. (which is cool if you do it yourself) Kudos!

personally i like to use both...film negative is great, i love that, especcially i love proccessing it myself. but it costs alot to develope them too. so i find myself using digital more

to me, i will definitely go for digital, although one might says that film (optical) is still better than digital. True. No comparison at all. when i made the statement of going digital, it is solely based on economical concerns. I remember when i was younger and owned a SLR (was learning then), i had 'wasted' so many rolls and rolls of films to try the aperture, shutter speed setting and adjustments to get the pic right. imagine how much money i had lost ! Now, with digital, it has accelerated the learning curve, as i can immediately see the results, adjust on the spots, and also looking at the histogram...If it is not nice, i'll just press the delete button...

i prefer both, but i take more pictures nowadays with my digital camera

I love the tactile sensations of the darkroom. If I had access to one, I'd definitely do more black and white photography. As is, digital is so much cheaper. I've got a digital Rebel and photoshop, and it's pretty much all I use.