Do Film Cameras Have an Advantage Over Digital Cameras?

still digital camerasIf you’re in the market for a new camera, you have two choices: traditional film cameras, or still digital cameras. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages, which you must understand if you hope to make a smart purchase.

Still digital cameras store pictures and video as tiny bits of memory on an SSD card or internal hard drive, as opposed to the expensive film that most traditional cameras use. This also allows you to take more pictures than film does. You can take thousands of pictures until the memory card is full or the battery runs out. What’s more, digital cameras allow you to quickly upload your snapshots to any computer for sharing and printing quickly.

After taking pictures, you can then view them on the camera’s LCD screen to make sure that you got a good shot. This allows you the chance to retake the picture and make absolutely sure that you got what you needed.

As mentioned, still digital cameras do have some disadvantages. There’s a slight delay between clicking the shutter button and and actually taking the picture. The more professional the still digital cameras, the less lag time, but most point-and-click consumer level cameras have a one second delay, which may be a bit of an inconvenience.

Perhaps the biggest advantage that traditional film cameras have over still digital cameras is that their picture quality is higher. Yes, you have to carry around film and you can’t check to make sure you got your shot, but you can bet that with a little bit of know how, you can take higher quality pictures every time.

Digital cameras have several advantages over traditional film cameras, but if you’re most concerned about the quality of your photographs, then it may be best to stick to film.

Keep this information in mind the next time you go to any digital camera stores, and you’ll be able to make a smarter purchase. If you have any questions about still digital cameras, feel free to ask in the comments.

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