Comments on: The Diana Cult Camera proudly shows outdated technology

By: Edwin

Edwin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:34 +0000

Thanks for the input, NickTrop. Pretty insightful, and I’ve learned a few new things from there. Cheers for following Coolest Gadgets

By: NickTrop

NickTrop — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:32:28 +0000

Film is NOT an outdated technology. First – what to all digi-heads want? A full-frame sensor. What’s that? It’s a sensor the size a 35mm frame. Most digicams – which is what the vast majority use, only let you shoot a decent shot up to ISO 200, lack the dynamic range of film, (important to me) offer no depth of focus or planar separation (resulting in flat pics), clip highlights… Gone are the beautiful natural light candids taken with 35mm cameras with an 1.7 fast 50 – for the most part. I went from film to digital (loved it for a while) then back to film. My pictures simply looked better – way better, and the old cameras were a lot more fun to use. DSLRs still cost a small forture, and are designed for zoom lenses, and STILL don’t take better pictures (imo) than a film SLR or rangefinder. Those who love digital simply never shot film, or – more likely, are point and shooters who don’t know the first thing about photography and don’t care how their “captures” look – blown out highlights, no depth, red eye and harsh shadows because the slow zoom lens and flash is always in use. They like digital because they hate to pay for film and lab costs for prints and are happy to let the camera do all the “thinking” for them.

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By: Graphire

Graphire — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:55:02 +0000

Nice one for a collection. I missed those film cameras. It’s fun to use and shoot with these from time to time.

By: Tchudson

Tchudson — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:34:23 +0000

I don’t know that I agree with the digital camera killing the art of photography. I haven’t used my film camera in 8 years. With the digital I find myself taking more photos, plus varying settings, framing and such, taking multiple photos of the same scene so that I have more chance of getting the shot that I want. The photo being digital allows people who don’t have darkroom skills to manipulate their photos. Of course, the spread of poor photos has proliferated….

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