Film vs DSLR vs iPhone
I’ve recently stumbled across a few posts on blogs and photography sites that compare photos taken on an iPhone & a DSLR or a few posts that compare film and digital. I thought it would be fun to do my own comparison post! Here are the details:
- I used my iPhone 4S, Canon EOS Rebel XS with the 50mm f/1.8 lens, and my Minolta SRT-201 with the 50mm lens.
- I took each photo from the same spot. The only shots that may vary are my iPhone shots because I wasn’t really paying attention to how far away I was holding my arms while taking the photo.
- I set my Canon DSLR to 100 ISO since I was shooting Kodak Ektar 100 on my Minolta.
- As for the settings on the Canon and the Minolta, I shot on shutter priority.
- I did not edit any of the photos.
- Lastly, keep in mind that I am by no means a professional. At all. I just wanted to show how each camera is different and distinct.
I think comparing these photos really highlights a few things for me. First of all, I LOVE shooting film. All of the photos that I shot on my Minolta turned out exactly as I’d hoped. I never edit shots that I get developed but I often over-edit photos that I take on my DSLR and my iPhone. It’s so easy in Photoshop to add a depth of field, alter the colors, and mask what’s there. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing — but I don’t usually like the photos out of my DSLR or iPhone just as they are.
Thoughts? Do you have a favorite image or set?
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Comments (28)
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Such a great post idea! The film is the clear-cut winner in my opinion – the depth and quality of those pictures are amazing! Love the last film shot of the dinner table.
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Benji
Film looks warm.
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out of curiosity: the digital shots…are they jpeg or raw? jpeg gets back end post processing in camera…which can sometimes be hideous! and, of course, raw can look completely different dependent on conversion to jpeg.
as far as the crop–i have both full frame and crop cameras–and let me tell you, those crop sensors make me nuts. a 50mm is more like an 80mm on a crop sensor camera–and that makes me a sad pony!
i love both film and digital for different reasons…i’m not a huge cell phone fan. it doesn’t feel like a camera when i take a picture, and i don’t like that! but that last i-phone pic looks pretty nice.
this was a neat post! <3
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I love the film shots! I miss my Nikon N65, I think I’m going to have to get back into film photography soon. Thanks for rekindling my love for film lol. ;P
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This is a GREAT post! did you use the same or similar settings for your Film & Digital shots? What about lenses?
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This is an amazing comparison. I have the EOS Rebel T2i, a Canon A-1 & an iPhone 4 that I use a lot.
Film wins!
But the iPhone isn’t bad either, I mean for being a phone I think it’s pretty amazing. -
I do see now why so many photographers prefer film. This definitely makes me want to use my Pentax Spotmatic as my primary camera of use.
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Joshua
There’s just no beating when it comes to quality from film.
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I know film is technically “worse” than DSLR, but I’ll always love film the most. It’s just more “natural” or something? I don’t know how to explain it.
Mikey
Things that stood out to me:
The depth of field on the Minolta.
The crop factor of the Rebel.
The saturation of the photos with the iPhone.
In the photo of the man holding his chin, the iPhone seemed to backfocus when left alone, which is what I’m guessing you did.