I want a digital camera with film quality?
I'm looking for a digital camera with a certain quality to its pictures. I find that film creates a sense of atmosphere that is just not obtained with a digital camera - even when the pictures are edited and tweaked on the computer.
So basically I'm looking for a digital camera that has its own "style" in the pictures it takes. I'm not fussy about the brand, size or shape. Hit me with anything: compact, SLR, large, small, ugly, pretty..
Thanks,
Leah x
Digital is digital, film is film. You just can't make one equal to the other.
It seems you have had your share of film photography. It is not only the technical aspects that differ digital from film. The whole procedure of producing the picture is already an experience worth having with film.
To preserve that experience as much as possible, I fought hard to remain with film until the lab I went for processing finally had enough of me. Only then, about a year ago, did I get a digital SLR. The only criteria I had was adaptability to my box-full of preset and manual lenses. Through the use of old lenses, I can slow down, force myself to think and frame my shots as carefully as before with film and not fire rapidly like a machine gun and do tons of cropping and editing later.
This was made possible through the use of a Pentax K200 dSLR. All my screw mounts work perfectly just with the addition of a cheap adaptor. The viewfinder is as bright as my Pentax MX (film SLR). I can use aperture priority and manual modes and I even get focus assist so I am assured of sharp pictures when I need them.
Picture quality is still far from film but focus is much better. Perhaps it is a problem with my eyes, not the cameras.
I have since found a new lab, a hundred kilometers away from me but worth the trip. I am now shooting film again so the dSLR is relagated to backup status.
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