| The trend is definitely underway for many serious | | | | total creative control over the finished product, a |
| photographers to make the switch from film to | | | | very appealing feature of digital SLRs for most |
| digital SLR cameras instead. There are lots of | | | | advanced photographers. |
| reasons for this, but there are also some things | | | | But one major concern that film SLR camera |
| that you should be aware of before making the | | | | owners should know about before buying their |
| switch that could be an unpleasant surprise too. | | | | first digital SLR is that the lenses that are used |
| Perhaps the main advantage that digital SLR | | | | for film photography will provide a completely |
| cameras have over their film counterparts is that | | | | different angle of view when used on a digital |
| digital cameras give you instant feedback on your | | | | camera instead. This is due to the reduced size of |
| photographs as they are taken, allowing the | | | | the digital sensor that captures the image |
| photographer to see if the image they wanted | | | | information as opposed to the 35mm frame size. |
| was indeed captured as planned or not. If it didn't | | | | Since the sensor is only about 2/3 the size of the |
| come out as expected for any reason, the bad | | | | 35mm film frame, the images produced by a |
| photo can be just erased and the photographer | | | | particular focal length lens tend to be magnified by |
| can keep trying until the best results are achieved. | | | | about 1.5 times. |
| This is a big advantage over film cameras as | | | | So this means that a normal 50mm lens will |
| photographers have always had to take many | | | | produce images that more closely resemble those |
| extra shots of important scenes to help ensure | | | | made by a 75mm film camera lens, and this |
| that they get the right image, but they would | | | | same magnification factor holds true for all other |
| never know for sure until the film was developed | | | | lenses used as well. This makes it especially hard |
| hours or days later. And by then the shot | | | | to get a wide angle lens to work well with a digital |
| opportunity could already be lost forever. | | | | SLR as most 24mm wide angle lenses will make |
| Another great advantage that digital SLR cameras | | | | an image that is in the 36mm range instead. |
| offer over film SLRs is the ability to put plenty of | | | | There are some high end digital SLRs that reduce |
| image editing control in the hands of the | | | | this problem with larger sensor sizes, but expect |
| photographer. With film, most image adjustments | | | | to pay for that feature. |
| and edits would have to be made at the photo | | | | All in all, digital SLR cameras still offer a lot of |
| lab instead. Digital images though can be edited | | | | great advantages over film though that the |
| and adjusted in an almost endless number of | | | | serious hobbyist or pro will want to consider to |
| ways in digital photo editing software that is | | | | get the best results possible on each shot. |
| widely available. This lets the photographer have | | | | |