Film and Digital - Night and Day

Remember film? I do. In looking back - I think shooting film gave perspective and focus when taking a picture because you only had one or two shots to get it right - or close to right. In the digital world, you can take all the shots you desire and they are easy to edit to get it right - or close to right.

One feature that still amazes me is vast and explorable capability of the digital world, especially with ISO capabilities of 6400 and greater. Take a look at the pictures below taken inside of an auditorium in the middle of the afternoon. The top picture replicates the best you could do back in film days using ISO 1000 film, 1/30th of a second, F3.5 and no flash. You can barely see the single light bulb lighting the auditorium. The bottom picture is taken using the automatic setting of a digital camera with ISO 6400, ¼ of second, digital stabilization, F3.5 and no flash. The difference is Night and Day.

Take your digital camera and start exploring its limits.

Film Night - ISO 1000, F3.5 1/30 Second

Digital Day - ISO 6400, F3.5, ¼ Second