How is a digital camera different than a film camera
Film vs. Digital: Comparing Medium Format, 35mm, and Mirrorless | Photography Tips
is film really worth it all the money we
spend buying rolls and getting our
photos developed is it really even that
different than digital let's find out
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okay so before you kill me in the
comments the best way to compare a film
to digital image would be to actually
print the film picture right from the
negative no scanning and then take the
digital image and then print it and then
compare the two but that's not what this
is also this is not a test to see which
camera or which way of shooting is
better we're just going to take the
negatives scan them put them into the
computer apply a very light edit and
then put them side-by-side so we can see
what the difference looks like for the
test I wanted to try out how the cameras
would do against broad daylight skin
tones and then a long exposure at night
I'll be using my Mamiya 645 medium
format camera for thirty five-millimeter
Pentax k1000 you can get these pretty
much anywhere and then for digital I'll
be using my sony a7s to the film i'll be
using is kodak portrait 400 if you've
never shot with a film camera before
portrait 400 is a pretty good place to
start and then i'll be scanning the
photos on the Epson B 600
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so without further ado let's just start
taking some pictures
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one of the first things that stick out
to me from this a7s shot is the wall
next to him and how sharp it looks the
edges are pretty pretty refined compared
to the film pictures where it's pretty
smooth out and notice the color also
even in the background the door the
green is really saturated one of the
things Kodak Portrait 400 is known for
is high saturation and low contrast and
the film really brings that out here
look at how the medium format really
brings out the blue in his shirt
compared to the 35 that kind of holds
back so I wanted to see how each camera
stood up with color so I had him stand
in front of a very colorful wall and as
you can see the film really took on a
pastel for the background and like we
talked about before that lack of
contrast is really showing here and you
can see that with his hair the a7s2
really brings out that contrast his hair
is pretty dark and his skin has a darker
tone to it too I know it sounds kind of
dumb to say but the film picture looks a
lot more alive looks kind of like it's
moving almost
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so I wanted to shoot with a shallower
depth of field so I think we went with
2.8 and I just wanted to get that
natural light from the window so I think
the a7 s2 is definitely more detailed
you can tell that by the strands in his
hair and his skin and the shirt that
he's wearing but another thing to note
is the light in his eyes it's a lot more
shiny with a7s2
and the bokeh in the background is
significantly different for each shot
the highlights do seem a little more
under control with the 35 millimeter the
a7 s - it does look a little blown out
so for my next one I wanted to try out
long exposure so I shut the aperture I
opened the shutter for about 8 seconds
and then I just waited for the nearest
car to pass okay also I look miserable
right here
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promised I was having a good time
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so because I had never really taken a
long exposure photograph with a film
camera I wasn't sure how they were gonna
handle the detail I didn't think I was
gonna be able to get focused and I
certainly wasn't sure how they would
handle light in the dark but as you can
see they all kind of looked very
differently the medium format and a7s2
both kind of have flares going on the
top left corner that's coming from a
street light whereas 35 didn't really
get it at all
I think the medium format really shines
in the tree up in the top left corner
because of how detailed it is and
especially for how detailed it is for
nighttime I did not think that was going
to be the case but for the most part I'm
pretty happy with how they all turned
out procede lastly I took a photo of
this abandoned house in my town this is
with the a7s this is with the 35
millimeter and then this is with the
medium format apart from the obvious
color differences it kind of blows my
mind how each camera handles the
highlights because right now the a7s2
it's very harsh you can't really make up
much detail in the side of the house
right there whereas the medium format
you really get that detail and the
weather look on the wood they're showing
you how old that house is so this photo
is obviously focused to infinity and the
background with the trees still doesn't
lose that detail the color and the and
the the crispness and the branches and
the leaves is is very clear and it's
pretty impressive on the sharp in his
side the 35 millimeter was definitely
lacking the color was still there but
for the most part it does look pretty
pretty filmy well hope you guys liked
this video it wasn't necessarily a
tutorial but just something for you to
look at in case you want to get into
film photography remember I'm not saying
that any of these is better than the
other all right you know the drill tell
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comment let me know what you really
think I'm sure you will and I'll see you
in the next one
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