opinions please....take a 35mm camera on board or a digital?

[lkohawaii]

Thanks to everyone on the boards, I've figured out how to use my digital camera. Now, I come to you with another question. In your opinions is it better to take my digital camera on board or take my old fashioned 35mm. I'm kind of worried of losing all my pics if the card goes bad or something. I know I can transfer it onto cd at shutters but that's a lot of money compared to old fashioned film. Please let me know what you think. Can you tell I don't want to change with the times??? I have no excuses...others before me have had to deal with much more change in technology than I have. I'm not that old yet!!!!!

 

[aprilgail2]

I'm bringing my digital next time..it holds 610 picutres. Last time I went to Disney 2 rolls of my film were ruined by the time I arrived home and I don't want that to happen again....all my pictures of the princess storybook breakfast were gone!!

 

[Viking]

Thanks to everyone on the boards, I've figured out how to use my digital camera. Now, I come to you with another question. In your opinions is it better to take my digital camera on board or take my old fashioned 35mm. I'm kind of worried of losing all my pics if the card goes bad or something. I know I can transfer it onto cd at shutters but that's a lot of money compared to old fashioned film. Please let me know what you think. Can you tell I don't want to change with the times??? I have no excuses...others before me have had to deal with much more change in technology than I have. I'm not that old yet!!!!!

Why did you buy a digital at all then
I went digital more than 5 years ago. I changed cameras twice since then from a 1.3 to a 3.3 and finally to a Nikon 5 Megapixel with 8x zoom.
I have never lost a sigle re so far!!!! And neither any of my memory cards went bad.
As our vacations usually extend over four weeks I have a lot of pics to download. I have a portable CD burner with an integrated card reader. This device allows me to dump my pics every night on a CD within minutes. I got 3 128Meg-cards and a 512Meg-card, which sometimes are all filled after a day

 

[disneybride96]

I had those same fears when I went digital...now I will never go back. I have worked in a store where we send out pictures for processing. There is a much higher chance that film will be lost or ruined. I would never give up the ability to crop or just delete those bad pictures.

 

[smchan]

I think the answer depends on how talented you are with your 35mm (I presume it's an SLR?), the type of digital camera you're using, and types of photos you wish to capture. If you're using a typical, digital point-and-shoot and desire creative control, I'd favor the SLR. Otherwise for snapshots, the digital will be fine.

As for me, I used to pack both a film body and a digital point-and-shoot so I could cover both my creative needs and the convenience of digital snapshots. There are certain types of photos I cannot capture with a digital point-and-shoot due to limitations of the technology such as light sensitivity, digital noise, shutter lag, and dynamic range - for example. (Some of these limitations also impact digital SLRs, but that hasn't slowed me down.)

Sam

 

[lrodptl]

I think the answer depends on how talented you are with your 35mm (I presume it's an SLR?), the type of digital camera you're using, and types of photos you wish to capture. If you're using a typical, digital point-and-shoot and desire creative control, I'd favor the SLR. Otherwise for snapshots, the digital will be fine.

As for me, I used to pack both a film body and a digital point-and-shoot so I could cover both my creative needs and the convenience of digital snapshots. There are certain types of photos I cannot capture with a digital point-and-shoot due to limitations of the technology such as light sensitivity, digital noise, shutter lag, and dynamic range - for example. (Some of these limitations also impact digital SLRs, but that hasn't slowed me down.)

Sam

I used my 3.2 pixel Olympus Camedia and downloaded to my laptop every day. I neglected to really learn the camera and just set it to auto. Every picture I took was perfect, approx 300 in 7 days!

 

[CheapMom]

Take both.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

I would hazard a guess that pictures on digital medium are safer than film.

For as long as I've been using 35mm film, I've been losing pictures. Some times it's my own darn fault such as openning the back of the camera before rewinding the film. Sometimes it's not been my fault such as film breaking or not properly advancing all the way and two pictures get ruined because of overlap.

But I have NEVER lost a digital picture.

I'm not saying digital is 100% reliable (things obviously can and do go wrong).

But when I went digital, my biggest worry was having enough film (because once we got on the boat, I wasn't going to be able to buy more). I decided to take a laptop to download the pictures (this was before shutters could do it for you) any my only worry there was that a computer crash would lose ALL my pictures. So I backed the pictures up to CD from the laptop.

 

[d'Isigny]

thx lkohawaii for your post...
I must admit...I am struggling with 'giving up' my 35mm SLR system (canon A1 & numerous dedicated lenses). I just love the feel and performance. It's been with me for over 20 years...many - many photo albums have been filled with shots from this system.
The Friday after Thanksgiving, I 'broke down' and bought a digital camera. I'll take and continue to use my 35mm...but plan on using the digital most - it's easier and less intimidating for my DW and DD's.
I really don't want to take my laptop on vacation to download my SD cards...and understand Shutters offers this service.
does any one know the charges to;
off load memory cards and burn them on a cd?
print out 'thumbnails'?
print out single shots (4x6)?

I'd be grateful for anyone offering me this info.........thx, K

 

[smchan]

print out single shots (4x6)?

Yes. During my last cruise, I took character breakfast photos of my tablemates with my digital SLR, post-processed them on my laptop, then had 4x6's printed in Shutters. I don't recall the exact prices - but it was more than the typical 35 cents per print and I think less than $1.

If you enjoy and know how to use your SLR, I encourage you to take it. There are lots of opportunities for creative photography onboard.

Sam

 

[tecdavidt]

I agree with CheapMom, take both. You will feel better. Kathy

 

[smchan]

Here's an example of a photo on the fringes of or outside the capabilities of a typical digital camera but well within the possibilities of most SLRs. The exposure settings are as follows: ISO 800, f/4, 1/125s using spot metering.

Even with this photo, I still have some motion blur and should've used a faster shutter speed and corresponding aperature.

Take both cameras. Use the digital for snapshots and use the film/SLR for the creative stuff that you can't do with digital. You'll still save money overall.

Sam

 

[lkohawaii]

Thanks everybody. From this this thread I've realized that I have an emotional attachment to my Cannon camera. It dates back to learning to use it back in high school and the rewards such a camera brought me. But, I must change with the times. There aren't many people out there using rotary phones anymore. For those of you wondering why I have a digital then. It was given to my mother for her retirment and it's been sitting in a box for 2 years. I've taken it out a time or two to try to use it...but have commited to trying to use it as my Cannon rebel has been acting up. It may be time to invest in another camera and I need to decide on another cannon or going digital.
I think you're right cheapmom and I need to take both. Othersise I'll find a reason why I should have brought one or the other. I guess I've been lucky and have never lost a roll of 35mm. I've taken some lousy pictures though.
One more quick question. When I use my digital there is a lag time between pictures is this because I have a "slow" camera. I have a 3 megapixel camera.

SMCHAN- if I have a olympus D550 zoom is that equivelent to my cannon rebel. I hope you can help, if not no problem. That was a beautiful picture. My days of creative photography went out when my children came. Now it's mostly memories for them to see. Yes, I've gotten lazy and leave my camera on auto focus.`
disigny-The cost of putting our pics onto a CD was $14.95. This was from another thread. This is the cost on the ship.

Thanks again everyone you've been so much help.

 

[smchan]

One more quick question. When I use my digital there is a lag time between pictures is this because I have a "slow" camera. I have a 3 megapixel camera.

That's called shutter lag, and it's annoying! I once had a Kodak digital that had something like a 2 second shutter lag. Taking any sort of decent picture with motion was almost impossible. When I saw slow, I'm usually referring to sensor sensitivity (the same as film sensitivity or ISO) and lens speed (maximum aperature).

if I have a olympus D550 zoom is that equivelent to my cannon rebel. I hope you can help, if not no problem. That was a beautiful picture. My days of creative photography went out when my children came. Now it's mostly memories for them to see. Yes, I've gotten lazy and leave my camera on auto focus.`

I usually use AF too. I'm a rank amateur; no doubt about it and am just a proud dad taking far too many photos of my wife and kids.

I don't know anything about the D550, but if it's a point-and-shoot chances are that your Rebel is more flexible simply due to a broader choice of lenses and films.

If you have a fast lens for your Canon (like a 50/1.8), mate it up with some ISO 800 film and you're all set for natural light photography around the ship - including the shows. For drastic differences in foreground and background light like in the photo above, just remember to use spot or center-weighted metering.

If you don't have a 50/1.8 lens, consider buying one. They're usually only around $100 and are very useful for natural light photography.

This photo demonstrates what you can do with a 50/1.8 using ISO 400 b&w film. It's not a good photo for several reason; I intend to capture it again. It was taken at night on the top deck of the Wonder a couple years ago. (See the funnel in the background?) I'm going to try it again next week on the Magic. I like the exposure; my beef is the composition. Next time, I'll move my wife to the right and I'll step left so we have her blocking the light behind her.

Sam

 

[NYGiantsRule!]

I took my camera to SHutters this past Saturday to download the pictures. They couldn't do it there and said they would have to send it to their photo lab and it would take about 24 hours.

 

[Memaw2Wm]

Thanks everybody. From this this thread I've realized that I have an emotional attachment to my Cannon camera. It dates back to learning to use it back in high school and the rewards such a camera brought me. But, I must change with the times.

I'd sugest that you look at the digi-Rebel or the Canon D20 (?) ... I recently bought the digi-Reb and LOVE it ... and I can use my lens & attachments from my film Rebel 2000.

Just a thought!

 

[smchan]

I took my camera to SHutters this past Saturday to download the pictures. They couldn't do it there and said they would have to send it to their photo lab and it would take about 24 hours.

Yes, it took a day for my prints to be made. I carry an extra memory card that I can leave at Shutters for my onboard prints.

Sam

 

[PoohJen]

Take both!!! Bring 800 film and use the 35mm for special shots, use the digital for both special and casual shots.

I brought both. I took alot more with the digital, knowing I could delete them easily. Frankly, both sets of pics came out great, although low-light pics didn't work so well on my digital.

Good luck and have fun!

 

[ssnyder]

I took my camera to SHutters this past Saturday to download the pictures. They couldn't do it there and said they would have to send it to their photo lab and it would take about 24 hours.

I recently purchased the Digital Photo Library from I/O Magic. I love it. It has an interface for every conceivable memory card. It's only the size of paperback book. It has storage capacity of 20GB. You just insert the card and push a button and it uploads the pictures. When you get home, you just connect it to your computer via a USB port and it looks like an external drive. You can edit your pictures right there.

I paid $199. I had a time deciding at first because of the cost. Afterwards, I was really glad I went for it. Our last trip was 10 days long. I uploaded the pictures each night. That way each day's pictures went into a separate folder. It's super light weight (beats hauling a laptop around). It comes with a charger, but I didn't need to use it. The uploads just didn't take very long at all. Here is the link: I/O Magic Digital Photo Library if anyone is interested. No affiliation.

 

[rocketralph]

The last cruise we were just on I took 3 digital cameras. A Olumpus C-750 for when I knew I was going to take pictures, a Sony DSC-P10 with a marine pak for the snorkeling, and a Sony Cybershot U-20 very small to put in your pocket. I took enough pictures to fill 3 CDs and very happy with the results. More than half of the pics was taken with the 2 megapixel Sony Cybershot because I carried it every where.
To tell you the truth, I don't think I will ever use a 35mm camera again.

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