Digital Versus Film Quality Issues
When digital cameras first appeared, the quality of the prints
was inferior to that of film cameras. Even photos taken by the
most expensive digital camera could not match the quality of
a photo taken even with an inexpensive film camera. Today,
however, the quality of all but the most inexpensive digital
cameras produces great photos. Nevertheless, a lot of people out
there believe that digital can never replace film, just as some
would passionately argue that recordings played on LPs are
superior to those played on CDs.
I bring this debate up because you will encounter salesmen
in camera stores, friends, and photographers who will passionately
tell you everything that is wrong with digital and everything
that is right about film. Passions and rhetoric aside, the fact is
that digital is replacing film. In 2003, Kodak announced that
traditional film photography sales were down and now provided
only about 70 percent of its revenue. By 2006, the company
expects this traditional side of the business will shrink to less
than 40 percent of its total sales. While I believe that film will
never disappear completely, I think it’s fair to assume that it
will become a small part of the market by 2010.
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