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Quote[/b] ]I want prints, because I still make photo albums
That makes sense scottychaos. It would probably be more convenient to just have them developed in this case.
However, I have found that if I am doing "serious" photography, digital is almost better. Maybe not in every case........because there is definitely beauty in taking black and white pictures and seeing them appear before your eyes in those developing trays.
My reasoning behind digital pictures is that you can take the picture and review it right away. I can make sure what I wanted in focus was in focus by zooming in close on the display along with checking the lighting, composition, etc. Also since cameras have higher megapixels, I can blow up the picture I took to 31.5" x 26.6" with no pixelation whatsover. It is crystal clear. With film, you can't blow it up that big unless you have a medium format camera, and even then it probably will not be quite as clear. I really like to be able to see my pictures right away after I take them.
As far as losing data.......that sucks......that is one thing they have to work on. That would be frustrating. I have seen cameras with two memory cards, and the pictures are written to both at once for backup. That would be nice....but it's spendy.
It is definitely a time of transition. It's amazing what peole in the past have done with film. I especially like the work of
Jerry Uelsmann. He uses many enlargers to combine lots of different photos to make one really neat picture.
I read an article that said that cameras will be moving back to analog technology to take photos. But still will be recorded on a chip i believe. Analog chips can get better pictures because they can get an RGB sensor on every pixel, while digital cameras don't have that feature.
I also have a 35mm SLR and like that quite a bit too. It's nice to know your roots
It will be fun to see where photography is in 20 years.