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Halp! Anonymous
Ok /p/,

Got a essay due in a week.... Not asking you to do it for me, but a few pointers could do me a world of good...

"Approx 1000 words - Discuss the differences and applications for digital and traditional photography"

Thats the whole assignment.... No pointers, no nothing..

Am assuming "Traditional" means film, including 35mm, medium format and large format.

Atm all i can think of is film helps you learn faster, can be much more rewarding.. but where is it absolutely better than digital to use.... the un educated swine i am has no idea....

Help a failure of a /p/ out?
>> Butterfy !xlgRMYva6s
In the real world digital is superior, for everyone that isnt a photog they are equal.
>> Anonymous
>>227503

Thats what i was thinking...

But I get the feeling if i write that, am going to get a low mark for not going into it enough and finding at least one situation where film is better...

But i honestly just cant, not since digital backs for medium format came out
>> Anonymous
>>227508

Student been the important word here :P sorry if am new to this, but least am making the effort to learn unlink the bulk of people my age with entry level dslr's thinking there shot of a rusty pipe is brooding and deep.

Photos taken ages ago are still better than photos taken today? how so
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
Back when I was in high school, for these prompts I would always qualify their question, essentially make it into my own, and then answer that.

If it were me, I'd argue that there IS no fundamental difference between the mediums, and that at its heart, photography is about compositional elements, emotion, and artistic intent rather than silver halides vs. inkjet, emulsions vs. bayer sensors.

If you support your argument with just a few pieces of evidence and research, guaranteed A.
>> Anonymous
>>227510
compare the work of some photographers from the past with the work of some digital photographers of the present, time of course has an effect on how much you will appreciate a photo but it still leaves some room for thinking about it.
>> Anonymous
>>227511

Thanks allot heavyweather :P

And it wasnt even a gear thread :P
>> Butterfy !xlgRMYva6s
The key between formats is not really their advantages (digital has a faster workflow, LF has better res/range etc) but their disadvantages. So since digital is easy to work with it gives up various things (dynamic range mostly, contrast/saturation too) over "traditional" films (not forgetting the entire black and white issue).
>> Anonymous
gtfo and do your own homework
>> Anonymous
taking digital shots are free, mistakes cost money when you use film
>> Anonymous
>>227509
>Film has way better dynamic range and medium/large format will still be superior to digital for years to come.

I've always heard digital has more DR total for the same sensor size, and sees farther into the shadows, whereas film sees farther into the highlights and goes less abruptly to being blown out.

I know for sure most digital sensors will beat most slide films.

And I know for sure full frame digital beats 120 film, there's tests you can look at online, so I would guess crop digital ties it or nearly enough.

LF film is still the best, though, just by sheer size.
>> Anonymous
>>227511
Also absolutely QFT on this. Right on photography and right on what to do with bad essay prompts, though the latter doesn't always work it works more often than trying to wrap your head around how to bullshit to bullshit.
>> Anonymous
Claiming digital is superior to film is like claiming acrylics are superior to oils in painting. It's newer and it's different, both in properties and best application, but general superiority is entirely bullshit.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>227545
A bonus of my high-school paper-writing strategy was that it carried over perfectly into college. Every college teacher (in liberal arts, at least) has been so -elated- to get a nonstandard response that I would always get at least a B (if I hadn't put in any time and just bullshitted the night before), or an A if I put in the most minimal citations and explication of my argument. A liberal arts education is like a signal/noise problem, and the better you differentiate yourself from your peers, the better you do. In a way, I guess photography is similar.

At least photography involves more visual creativity and less intellectual fuckery.