Film Camera Vs. Digital Camera
Ales Litomisky did an interesting test comparing Film 35 mm: Nikkormat FT3 , Film 6×6 cm: Hasselblad 503CW, Canon EOS 5D, full size sensor 24×36mm, 12.8 MegaPixels, and Nikon D200, APS-C sensor, 10.2 MegaPixels.
Interesting results from the test:
“The best quality both in print and on the screen viewed at 100% are clearly from the Canon 5D, followed by the Nikon D200, then the Hasselblad, and lastly - after a significant gap – by the 35 mm film camera.
I expected that the prints from the digital cameras would be better than those from the 35mm film; the superior quality of the Canon 5D prints as compared to the Hasselblad, however, was a surprise to me. The significant difference between the Hasselblad and the 35mm film surprised me as well.”
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all these are compare apple to oranges, and using 12.8milllion pixel to compare to 35mm
Hasselblad is medium format which is soemthing like D5 level.
35 mm film is like a stamp size and 6 X 6 is 6cm leh like palm size liao
sure pic quality different after enlargemnt.
Digital using pixel to determine the quality of pictures, but the film is using lens to capture the picture and the chemical reaction of film towards sunlight and also processing with chemicals
otally different thing
Canon although is sharp, but the colour and tone already being distorted.
Nikon FT# clour is more vivid as VILVA is a slide fujifilm which famous for bright colours, and Nikon famous for the colour balnce.
Hasselblad colour are more soft and natural which is the characteristic of German maker.
it’s not about the film or camera… it’s all abput the lenses! both work good and are for completely different uses! film for passion… digital for work!
This was a poorly written article. Ken Rockwell does a great job of explaining the roll of film and digital. At the end of the day, digital is more about convenience and flexibility. Check out kenrockwell.com.
This has been an old story on comparing film to digital and several years ago it was said that it would take at least 18 megapixels on a digital camera to equal what 35mm film could do.
All of this has been changed because of other improvements in digital technology and especially in the digital cameras themselves.
Now even 6 megapixel digital slr cameras can create very good pictures exceeding even 35mm film.
You see this comparison is too weak… nothing really helpful. the lens u are using on these photos has to be revealed. also, Theres way too many factors for an image to be blurred, not using right focus etc. Also how was the films cropped? what scanner was he using, was it cropped through a high resolution scanner or was it cropped on photoshop with only regular setting?
I still dont believed on digital beating hasselblad or other large format films. 5d is only a full frame of 35mm film even with the newest mark III… come on! And yes resolution counts… you cant really compare images in a cellphone size pictures… LETS BLOW UP PRINTS 50 x 50 hasselblad and 5d and see the difference!
My computer crashes when I go scan film beyond 20″ x 20″ 600 dpi. How come raw 5d doesnt crash my computer? hmm…
In general I think digital has its on use on commercial images cus, ****BUSINESSES LIKE THEM BECAUSE OF FASTER TURN AROUND TIME IN ACCEPTABLE QUALITY*****. But for my personal quality ones ill use film. It is sad people cant get quality photos with film because they cant use it well the judge it that its not good. I have so many digital shooter friends who dont know what a “stop” is.
What scanner did he use to scan the film?
In most casses you need a pro drum scanner, npot a home amateur scanner. In my experience a 6×6 or 6×7 has a higher resolution than even a 16mp camera. However the scanning most be done at a professional scanner.
The Nikon scanner is a good amateur scanner, but not close to a drum scanner at all. At my work we have a Imacon scanner and the difference to a Nikon is substantial. I can’t remember how many tests i have seen about film vs digital, that are really amateur scanners vs digital camera LOL.