Film or Digital Photography? Some untold facts!
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- There are many videos about the differences between film and digital photography.
In this video I will focus on some rarely told (if ever) facts about the two different technologies and how these affect the photographic practice, both in the field, shooting and in printing the images.
The images shown in the video are my creations, except where indicated. I thank Thomas Ruff and Daido Moriyama, for their pics that I took from the web for didactic purposes.
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Again, years of experience distilled thoughtfully for those of us battered about by less nuanced and informed explanations. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this compliment. It is really motivating!
Thanks for that info, very interesting. Grazie mille!
Very thoughtful.
"you think for a while before the shooting", parole sante, pensare prima è sempre la cosa migliore!
Very useful insights on film photography, keep them coming please :)
Thank you! That's what i hope I will be able to do.
Ditch the piano music
There is no piano music!
@@AndreaCalabresiSilverprint background musing is indeed to loud and distracting.
@@x_and_e You are right, we noticed that when it was too late! I hope that with the help of the subtitles it could be appreciated nevetheless.
Prezioso Andrea!
That was really an interesting approach, never heard it explained this way. Great to hear things from someone who know their business like you or Gerardo Bonomo. Thanks for sharing this, Andrea!
I am very glad you appreciated! Thank you.
Io ormai sto abbandonando la fotografia digitale, la utilizzo solo per la fotografia "spicciola".
Per la fotografia "seria", pellicola forever. Non c'è paragone. (Solo b/n ovviamente)
(Ho cominciato a fare sviluppo e stampa a 15 anni. Sto tornando alle origini!)
That’s actually some really good points you make. I was always more of the camp in digital is very convenient. Film is an art to shoot.
Thank you @pd1jdw630!
In fact it is difficult to decide what is more convenient and it really depends on the specific thing you are doing. There is no answer that is always valid. :)
@@AndreaCalabresiSilverprint that’s true. Although, the only answer I can think of is speed journalism. Digital is king for that and took over through that world so fast.
The music covers what you're saying. Bad choice for background music, it's just distracting
Sorry. We did not notice it was too loud! Maybe the subtitles can help a bit.
Grazie Andrea. Il video ha davvero contenuti strepitosi perché sai spiegarli benissimo.
Ottimo 👍
grazie mille
It seems like proper film and digital exposure are opposite sides of the same coin. With film you can gain shadow detail by exposing for the shadows because you have highlight latitude. With digital you expose for the highlights because you have shadow latitude.
Almost... You need to expose for the highlights because you do not have enough latitude.
More in depth: it may seem that in digital you have more shadow latitude, but that is a relative concept that depends on where the midtone is placed. In digital the midtone is placed halfway the total dynamic range, so from midtone down you have 5 or 6 stops, and the same toward the highlights. On negative film the shadows are closer to the midtone, and there is more toward the highlights (that's what you noticed), but the important point is that there is so much more!
If in film we place the midtone at the same distance from the black that we have in digital (ie rate the film 2 stop less, more or less) we would still have a lot more toward the highlights. This depends on specifilm film used, development energy and kind, and could range from 10, to 15 (even some more, with special care) stops!!!
So your impression is partly correct, but if you count in the total dynamic range of negative film, it allows much more than digital. It is no secret that in digital in a high contrast situations you need to combine more shots with different exposure and then combine them (with hdr or other techniques).
Un fattore, non trascurabile, è che l'utilizzo della pellicola è enormemente più divertente e come dissi, durante una lezione con Te, "è una figata!"😊
GREAT!!!! Already, someone, who choses the fugue out of BWV 866 as background music, must be 'cultivated' enough to 'know the rest!! -
Thanks very much for a highly interesting and, literally, eye-opening video!! ❤🤗
Thank you Cembalaro (nomen omen, i suppose)!
Dear @@AndreaCalabresiSilverprint - With great pleasure!!!
Your'e right, in terms of RUclips-name (..as an Italian, you'd know directly): "indeed-but-not-only"... as, aside from a long musicianship, I have also been a Leica M 'picture-taker' for some...sixty years..!! 😀 Therefore, it was such a refreshing experience to see someone, like yourself, declaring the profound love for FILM, in this digi-knipsi day & age!!
@@cembalaro thank you very much. Your RUclips name sounds fantastic in Italian!
@@AndreaCalabresiSilverprint ....he-he.... I knew it would ring some 'merry bells'...
Please turn down the sound of that damn piano, it's like torture trying to listen to you while those keys hammer my ears.
We'll try. Meanwhile, maybe, the subtitles may help.
@@AndreaCalabresiSilverprint Yes, I turned off the sound and followed you with the subtitles.
Thanks Andrea!
Merciful god, knowledge of photography is not dead yet. Sadly, the pixel peeprs and mega pixel lovers will never listen. The whole debate of film V digital is rather futile, as film is a countinous analogue medium, and digital is well its just a procession of zeros and ones. And as you correctly pointed out, clever algorithms have to guess what is not recorded in between the pixel sites and make up a truly virtual image. Thank you, sir.
Well. I love you.
Thanks a lot for the comment and for watching.
Gentile Andrea , innanzitutto voglio ringraziarti per la cortese Ed intelligente gentilezza di avermi accontentato circa I sottotitoli in Italiano . Thank you so much ! Gracias , merci
Vorrei approfittare Della tus garbata attenzione per chiederti ,se puoi anche una chiacchierata, meglio pero' una lezione sui sistemi di sviluppo del negativo proprio nel caso specifico di questo tuo intervento e se possibile anche del tuo Sistema di sbianca sul positivo. Perdona l'ingordigia e Spero possa farlo. Ma sempre coi sottotitoli in Italiano. GRAZIE.
Cut the music please
I know, it sound too loud for many sistems. We shall take more care in sound monitoring.
I hope that with the help of the subtitles it could be appreciated nevertheless.
Couldn't watch because of the music
We did not kwon it was too loud until it was too late.
Maybe lowering the volume and using the subtitles may help.
@@AndreaCalabresiSilverprint no thanks
I remember 2-3 years ago, in one of my first night film photography shooting attempts, I was quite shocked by seeing how much detail you can easily recover from the highlights... even with non-optimal film and non-optimal development. I was using an Ilford FP4 and I developed it a little bit less than reccomended and I was still able to see details in the spots very close to artificial lights. See the other tutorial by Andrea "How to shoot film at night" (ruclips.net/video/ao3fjOYPrXg/видео.html) to see how to use a proper suited film (and do a good development) for a wide-dynamic-range scenario and you'll be amazed by the outcomes that film can give you.
Thank you! Exactly, it is not so difficult and the results are amazing.