Film Camera Guide
A film camera has become an important ingredient of all our memorable moments. Whether it is your wedding anniversary, New Year’s Eve or a morning at the racecourse, you need a film camera to capture the moment for posterity. With advances in technology, film cameras too have become versatile and complex. This guide helps you select your pick:
Complexity: If you believe that a photo is a photo is a photo, you will probably be happy with a simple film camera that does not make you work very hard. However, if you are someone who can tell the features of a camera after one look at its output, you should probably consider buying an advanced camera. However, versatility here comes with some amount of complexity. You will have to read the instruction manual very thoroughly and even practice a few times before volunteering to be the official photographer at your boss’s promotion party.
Style: Style in the case of a film camera is synonymous with size. If you take your film camera everywhere from your graduation party to a trek, you would need one that easy slips into your pocket. The trade-off here is that the controls would be harder to find and tougher to access.
APS: A film camera made for the snapshooter, APS (Advanced Photo System) cameras come with a host of hi-tech features like drop-in film loading, multiple picture formats, mid roll removal, index print displaying all the pictures you take, zoom lens, remote control picture taking, and lots more! However, they are more expensive then the good old 35 mms and in case of big enlargements, deliver a poorer image quality.
35 mm: Film cameras were synonymous with 35 mm for many decades. Then came APS cameras and challenged their monopoly. But guess what? 35 mm cameras still rule because of their price and image quality. You have many options here including simple snapshot, advanced snapshot and single-lens-reflex cameras.
Tip: Shop for a film camera depending on your purpose, technical expertise, aesthetics and budget!
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