Originally Posted by
Jagboi
In the sense that yes it works, but the sensor can't produce images up to the standard of today's DSLR's. I can drop the latest film into a 5 or 50 year old camera and have the latest technology available.
that's true, but even a digital camera from a few years ago is already beyond what the same format film can produce.
I bill the client for film and processing, whereas I can't bill the client for the substantial amount of post processing that is necessary with digital capture. Plus, I hate the time spent doing the boring work (sharpening, colour correction) in Photoshop, but I can send film to the lab and have it back in 2 hours.
you can 'send out' the digital images by taking the flash card to a camera store and having the images printed. also, the amount of work in processing digital images isn't typically that much and a lot of it can be automated.
Out of curosity, how many of the 7000 images are good? Do you shoot that much because it's necessary, or because you can?
I've never shot that many on a 3 week trip, but have a good percentage of "keepers". I find my percentage goes up with the format: I shoot more in 35mm, but have fewer "outstanding" shots, but in 8"x10" just about every one is good shot because its a much more contemplative approach to taking a photo. When it takes 30 min to set up the camera, you make sure its worth taking before you bother setting up the camera.
nothing prevents someone from taking 30 minutes (or more) to set up for a digital shot either. that's a question of technique, not film versus digital.