Forum: Photography


Subject: Attention Macro lens & 35mm camera users - your input wanted! :-)

audiopod opened this issue on May 14, 2002 ยท 11 posts


ASalina posted Wed, 15 May 2002 at 1:11 PM

audiopod: Most of the stuff in my gallery was taken with my digital camera (Canon Powershot G2). Even the "Idaho 94" series are digital photos of old 35mm prints. The Canon G2 is a pretty good digital camera, but it's still in the point-n-shoot class and just can't compare to a 35mm SLR in terms of versatility. The biggest advantage for my purposes is that "film" is free, and the images can be transferred directly to my computer for easy post processing. A digital camera with manual controls makes the learning process of photography much quicker and less expensive in the long run, IMO. I'd never suggest that digital image quality is as good as film, espcially in medium and large format, and likewise I'd never suggest that someone who has already invested in a good film outfit switch over to digital. But for web publishing and even medium sized prints (with a good printer) I think it's a viable medium.