Film versus digital debates still rage on

There are “debates” that just go on and on and on, never ceasing and nothing new to add to the debate. The same old arguments and the same old opinions. One of those is the film versus digital debate. I don’t get it. So you really love film, fantastic use film. In the end, one isn’t any better than the other. In fact, they are more similar than most would want to believe.

We are capturing reflected light onto a light-sensitive surface. But the grain you say. Yes, film has grain. To that I say and for each brand and type of film the grain is slightly different, so what. With digital, there is noise similar to grain yet a bit different. The noise can be reduced or it can be added during development.

I shoot both film and digital but I get tired of the film-only snobs that for whatever reason feel the need to “look down their noses” at the digital photography world. Digital photography isn’t new any longer nor is it going away. In the end, it doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is the final result. Results matter more than how we got there. How we got there is a matter of personal preference. If you prefer one method over another it doesn’t make the other any less valid.