35mm Cameras
(Old Way)
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Digital Cameras
(New Way)
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| You
don't need a computer. |
You
need a computer to manage and store the photos you have taken. There
are some specialized printers that will allow you to print directly
to them for those that donÒt have computers but then your print becomes
your only copy of the photos as you have to delete the photo in your
digital camera to make room for more new photos. |
| Generally
a 35mm Camera costs less than a Digital Camera. The price of 35mm
Cameras are not getting much cheaper. |
Generally
it costs more to buy a Digital Camera. Digital Cameras are however
getting much cheaper and better and this trend will continue for some
time. As everybody knows the digital world gets cheaper, faster and
better. |
| Taking
photos costs money. The more you take the more it costs. You have
to buy your roll of film then you have to pay to develop your film.
If you donÒt pay to develop your film you canÒt see your pictures. |
Taking
photos are free. You buy your memory storage once (Memory Card) and
keep reusing it after you have downloaded your photos to your computer. |
| You
must be patient and wait. You can not see your photos until you get
them back from the developer. |
Instant
gratification because you can immediately see the photos you have
taken with the display screen on your Digital Camera. |
| You
must rely more on your photographic skills because you donÒt know
what your photo will look like until you get it back from the developers. |
You
donÒt need to rely as much on your photography skills because you
get instant feedback using the display screen as to how your photo
turned out. If you donÒt like it then just shoot it again. Or if in
doubt just shoot a whole bunch of photos because after allÅtheyÒre
free. You just keep the ones you like and delete the rest. |
| Making
copies or your photos cost money, time and a trip in your car. |
Making
100% exact duplicate copies of your photos is free and as easy as
three clicks with your mouse. |
| To
take the red-eye out of your photos or to manipulate them requires
special equipment and often it is easier to scan the photo in to digitize
it and then use software to manipulate it. |
To
take the red-eye out of your photos or to manipulate them is fun and
easy with lots of readily available software. Make silly photos for
the kids or serious alterations for work. |
| This
is the computer age. The pictures you take are not ready to be emailed
to a friend, client or used on your webpage. You must pay for the
film, pay and wait for the photos to be developed and then pay to
digitize them using a scanner. Once digitized you can use them on
your computer. |
Your
photos are instantly ready to be emailed to your friend, client or
used on your webpage. |
| You
have quality 4Ô x 6Ô prints of your photos. |
If
you want 4Ô x 6Ô color prints of your photos you need a color printer.
You will need to pay someone to use their printer or you can use your
color printer at the expense of the paper and ink. The quality of
your 4Ô x 6Ôàprints depends greatly on the type of printer and paper
used. Most $300-$400 home ink jet printers can do a pretty good job
but are not the same quality as 35mm 4Ô x 6Ô developed prints. However
you can pay developers at cheap prices to develop your digital images
using their professional equipment and paper to achieve very comparable
results. |
| If
you want quality prints larger than 4Ô x 6Ô you can easily pay the
extra money to have your developer make large quality prints. |
If
you want quality prints larger than 4Ô x 6Ô it will depend on a lot
of things. The size of photo you can print depends directly on the
maximum resolution your Digital Camera can take, the quality and technology
of your Digital Camera, the quality of the printer and paper and the
method or process used to create the prints. |
| To
produce the very best high quality large format professional photos
(were cost doesnÒt matter) requires an expensive 35mm camera that
will be cheaper than its equivalent Digital Camera. As a rough comparison
a $5,000 35mm Camera might cost you $10,000 to $25,000 to achieve
the same large format quality from a Digital Camera. |
To
produce the very best high quality large format professional photos
(were cost doesnÒt matter) requires an extremely expensive Digital
Camera. At least $10,000+. However that being said Digital Cameras
are getting much cheaper and better and this trend will continue for
some time. |
| You
are limited to maybe 36 photos at the most before you have to put
a new roll of film in. |
Digital
Cameras hold far more images than the traditional roll of 24 or 36
images. The number of photos your Digital Camera can hold before you
need to download your photos to your computer is only limited by the
size of your memory card, the resolution of your images and the file
type it is saved as. To give you an approximate idea, a Digital Camera
set to take quality 8Ôx10Ô photos (1,600 x 1,200pixels) can take about
240 photos (JPEG) with a 160MB memory card. When set to 640 x 480
pixels it can take about 2,400 photos. |
| Most
people store their photos in boxes and some are more organized and
take the effort to buy photo albums for storage, organization and
presentation. You must also organize your negatives so you can match
them to the photo you want enlarged or duplicated. In reality how
good are we at doing that? How many of your photos are organized in
albums and sitting on your coffee table right now? When you are not
at home can you access your entire family photo collection? |
Organizing,
storing and finding your photos is much easier in digital then with
prints. You donÒt have to crawl up in the attic or dig around in the
basement to find those print photos because these days thereÒs usually
a computer in front of you. In itÒs simplest form you can glance at
hundreds of thumbnails of your images to quickly find what you are
looking for. You can make copies of your photos to create albums in
their own folder. On a more sophisticated level you can use Digital
Camera software packages to attach keywords to your images to search
your photo collection. Because you own a computer and computers are
everywhere these days, your photo collection is just a click away
when using any of the web albums or your own personal website. |
| How
do you ÓbackupÔ your 35mm photos? House fires, floods, theft, earth-quakes,
etc. happen and so to be very safe you should keep your negatives
away from your prints so that you donÒt loose everything in a disaster.
Who does that? The family photos one looses in these disasters is
often the biggest loss, they are irreplaceable and insurance canÒt
cover sentimental value and memories. You could scan all your photos
to digitize them but who is going to do that? |
Backing
up your photo collection is easy. House fires, floods, theft, earthquakes,
etc. happen. Your photos are in a digital form so copying the files
(photos) to a CD and storing that CD in a safe place off of your property
is relatively easy to do. For example keep them in a safety deposit
box at the bank or at your best friend or parentÒs place. You can
store thousands of photos on a CD so it takes up no space to do this.
It is just a matter of you doing it and it is easy to do. Also it
is not uncommon for harddrives to fail and if that is the only place
your photos are stored you are out of luck Ö back-it-up! You can also
upload your files (photos) to numerous different place on the web
for free. |
| When
you get your prints back from the developers you discover you took
a great shot or a dozen great shots at the party or family outing
and now everybody wants a copy of them. To get them copies you have
to organize who wants what photos, wait for the development of the
prints, then deliver it to your friends and co-workers and collect
the money from them for development or pay it yourself. Thanks. |
You
took a great shot at the party or family outing and everybody knows
it right then and there because you can show it to them on your Digital
CameraÒs display screen. You can then email as many copies as you
want to everybody as soon as you want for free. You can also upload
your photos of the occasion for free to numerous web albums and then
your friends and co-workers can view them and download them or even
use the printing services of the company hosting the web album to
print whatever photos they want. |
| How
many times have you taken a great photo of a friend and they really
want it. You give them the print and lie to yourself that someday
youÒll develop another print of it to replace it. You never do. |
How
many times have you taken a great photo of a friend and they really
want it. WellÅjust email it to them. |
| You
are travelling and want to send photos back to your friends and family,
what are you going to do? Mail them, probably not. Your friends and
family will have to wait until you get back home to see them. |
You
are travelling and want to send photos back to your friends and family,
what are you going to do? If you can get to a computer in a cafù or
photo shop that will allow you to download your photos from your digital
camera your set. If you have a laptop with you its even easier. You
just email your photos (such as web mail) to your friends and family. |
