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jandt2006 Posted: Oct 04, 2005 08:56 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 08:56 AM

Digital or Film Photography?

I am going to a photographers office today and I know they use digital film I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on which they considered was a better choice either digital or film?
TIA

cjb88 Posted: Oct 04, 2005 08:59 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 08:59 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

there have been MANY debates on this... i would definitely do a search to find some... they had some great info...

in my opinion, there are pros and cons to both and it depends what you are really looking for... we went with a digital photog because i am going to make our own album and i wanted to have all the photos in digital format already...

nickipa Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:03 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:03 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

we are going with digital

jandt2006 Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:06 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:06 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

oh i really didnt' even do a search but yes thank you there are some posts out there, i figured i would get right to the point though and do a poll.

itslaurie. Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:08 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:08 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

Posted by cjb88

there have been MANY debates on this... i would definitely do a search to find some... they had some great info...

in my opinion, there are pros and cons to both and it depends what you are really looking for... we went with a digital photographer because i am going to make our own album and i wanted to have all the photos in digital format already...

well said!

Additionally, a photographer who has been shooting film for their entire career is of course going to promote the use of film - and vise versa. I would be most comfortable with a photographer who knew the benefits of both and could provide you with both - if you desired.

Personally, we went with digital.

lcherian Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:58 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 09:58 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

digital is definitely more versatile, but i like the quality of film better.

jilmadison Posted: Oct 04, 2005 10:06 AM+

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Posted: Oct 04, 2005 10:06 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

We are going with Digital. I like to have options, and I want to take advantage of the technology

weddingbunny Posted: Jan 29, 2006 11:03 PM+

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Posted: Jan 29, 2006 11:03 PM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

bump - I'd like to hear more on this, I have the same question. Thanks ladies!

ssdbk Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:33 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:33 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

so glad I went with digital. now that the wedding is over and i see how i am using my pictures, i cannot imagine having used film.

eden Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:37 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:37 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

Use of film will give a more artistic look, you can do the grainy look or other types of effects with the camera. But it depends on if your photographer knows how to use the camera well... If he doens't, it doesn't matter which he uses - film or digital.

I'm going with Duet who said they use a combination of both (mostly digital for color shots and film for b/w) and that's fine by me.

Sweets14 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:06 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 02:06 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

Digital

BrideInBlue Posted: Jan 30, 2006 03:13 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 03:13 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

digital is getting reallt popular now but we went with film because fh has very sensitive eyes and digital cameras tend to flash twice causing his eyes to be half closed in every single picture.

Summer101 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 08:32 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 08:32 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

My photographer does both

ChrissynRicky Posted: Jan 30, 2006 09:03 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 09:03 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

I might be the minority on this one, but I'm a FILM person all the way.

Fortunately, that's what my photographer uses, so I'm super happy!

suzybilly819 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 10:02 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 10:02 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

I went with digital. I only met with 2 photgraphers and both used digital.

I read somewhere, that Nikkon is no longer making cameras that use film. Which leads me to believe that film eventually will be obsolete.

JandJ1224 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 10:39 AM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 10:39 AM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

Our phtographer uses both, she says thats she doesn't want to shoot all digital because it is digital and something could happen, she uses both

Jaims0603 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:34 PM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:34 PM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

This debate will never end! We went to a lot of photograpers, and learned a few things in the process. Starting out, we were looking for digital because of the versility of digital proofs and also because FH has a blinking problem and we wanted the photographer to know when to take a pic over. We also kept an open mind to film because film negatives can be scanned to digital, and then you have both.

One thing I would like to point out is digital photographers can shoot in either RAW or JPEG format. RAW produces better quality pictures, but of course you pay more for it!

lcherian Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:40 PM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:40 PM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

i personally prefer film, but i've seen some film photographs that looks washed out and dull, so it really depends on the photographer too.

digital pictures dont look that great to me, unless the photographer goes back and edits them.

Brainy29 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:21 PM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:21 PM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

Posted by ChrissynRicky

I might be the minority on this one, but I'm a FILM person all the way.

Same here, the pictures have more of a crisp clarity with film, you don't get the same effect from digital.

destini458 Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:32 PM+

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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 01:32 PM

Re: Digital or Film Photography?

here is something i was emailed:

PICTURE PERFECT

Photography is another area where brides can potentially save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.

It's customary for wedding photographers to keep your negatives for several years and name their price for reprints.

'One of the biggest rip offs is when brides pay wedding photographers thousands of dollars to shoot their wedding and then actually buy into this baloney about the photographers owning or keeping the negatives,' said Stewart.

'I simply found a young fashion photographer who was happy to shoot my wedding at a price significantly less than any 'wedding photographer' and who gladly gave me all the negatives,' said Stewart.

Wedding photography assistant Jen Merryman said that she would never go that route.'I would really want some one who knows what they're doing,' said Merryman. 'That's just one of the things I wouldn't sacrifice on a wedding.'

Digital photography is another inexpensive option. Wedding photographer Vincent Reed of All About Photography in Severn uses a top-of-the-line digital camera that captures three to four times more detail than conventional film photography and is cheaper as well.

'It's definitely a tremendous savings because it's not costing me anything to shoot your wedding,' said Reed. He starts at under $700 to shoot a wedding, well below the national average of $1,200.

Also, Reed gives the bride her proofs on a CD-ROM. 'Your proofs are all done in TIF files so you already have your negatives.'