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I ordered my first dSLR yesterday. Canon EOS 30D with 17-85mm and 50mm lenses. To this day I've been shoothing film with my father's old full manual SLR (Canon FT QL).

Do you think there is anything I need to know before switchin from film to digital? Things I need to do differently? (Besides the obvious, e.g. "infinite" amount of photos I can take...) Things I can't do with digital, things I can, compared to film?
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>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
sensor in JPG has some kind of fixed contrast, RAW contain plenty of information but are time consuming to edit.

some film has more latitude. biggest problem is the dynamic range and clipping of the white/blacks.

a bit chaotic. congrats with the purchase. digital is nice for the easy color balance settings, but is a bitch about exposure and dynamics.
>> des
If you were digitizing your film with a scanner or having it done, you're workflow doesn't really change that much.
The only thing I'll say is backup twice and often. If you want to get stupid, invest in something overly robust like MO.
>> Anonymous
how about colour photos at 3200 ISO with almost no noise or grain?
>> des
>>34814
maybe in a few years
>> Anonymous
I've made the x-fer from Minolta SRT-101 to Canon 30D....

First off, I will NEVER get rid of that camera! 35mm film for IMPORTANT stuff over Digi anyday, however....

Invest in a couple 512MB or 4GB CF cards and shoot in RAW - the card sizes match well with either CD or DVD recordable sizes with a little wiggle room for programs you might need like The Gimp for instance.

If you shoot in JPG, no matter which setting, you're gunna be disappointed with the close-up feathering.

Enjoy, guy!