The Film Photography

As I research, since the photography goes digital, more and more people are going to use digital cameras because of the easiness and convenience. However, the film photography still has a place in the arts and many hearts because of many reasons. Have you ever though about why people keep using film photography while the digital cameras are very popular with the economic prices? In this blog, I am trying to answer the question "Why film cameras or the film photography in general still exist up to now?"

Everything happens for a reason and the existence of film photography does too. The first reason I'd like to say is film photography has the history of over hundreds years. So, the photo quality has been tested and developed a lot of times. I found an article "What are Some Benefits of Using Film Cameras" on the site WiseGEEK.com, a professor said

The main benefit of choosing film cameras is photo quality. While digital photography has come a long way in the past decade, it's still far behind film when it comes to definition. If you intend on printing wall-sized prints or playing around with larger sizes, film prints offer the best quality. In the last few years, new digital cameras with high-definition clarity have come into the market, but hey are still no match for much simpler film cameras.

When I get into this topic, I do research a lot because I don't have much experience in film photography. The second important reason is that using film cameras makes a better photographer because they can't delete any photos. I think about when using digital cameras, we can take several photos and then pick the best one to keep. But with film cameras, we can't delete, we keep all photos. From the failed photos, photographers gain experience to avoid the mistakes for the next time.
 
With film cameras, photographers have to use the viewfinder on the camera. I used to take photos from a film camera a couple times before and I'd say it's not easy to frame a photo from the viewfinder. Almost digital cameras have a LCD screen the back, photographers may depend too much on it. In the other words, with film cameras, photographers can develop framing skills better than digital cameras. In addition, the framing skills may determine a level of a photographer (Charlie Sorrel)

I see that almost of art photographers are using film cameras. I think it's because using a film cameras requires more skills than a digital one. That means taking a photo by a film camera is much harder. However, in my opinion, it's hard to conclude which one is better. On my favorite photographer's site, Ken Rockwell Photograph, in the "Film vs. Digital" article, he said

Neither is better on an absolute basis. The choice depends on your application.Once you know your application the debate goes away. The debate only exists when people presume erroneously that someone else's needs mirror their own.

From this short blog spot, I think it's clear enough to understand why the film photography still exist up to now. It remains for many reasons.

Work Cited:
"Why film cameras or the film photography in general still exist up to now?" www.wisegeek.com. WiseGEEK, nd Web. 17 Oct 2012.
 
Sorrel, Charlie. "Five Reason Film Cameras Are Still Better Than Digital Camera?" www.wired.com. WIRED, 30 Nov 2007. Web. 17 Oct 2012.

Rockwell, Ken. "Film vs. Digital" www.kenrockwell.com. Ken Rockwell Photography. 2006. Web. 17 Oct 2012.