Oct
21
2009
If a photo camera is digital, what would be a camera that uses rolls of film?
Analog?
I want to buy a Leica camera that uses 35mm film instead of a digital Leica camera, but I dont know how to address what I want. I am afraid that if I say I want an analog Leica camera nobody is going to understand me.
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By Mukraker, October 21, 2009 @ 11:54 am
It’s common to simply say “film camera.” That way there is no way to misinterpret what you mean.
By engineer01, October 21, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
Request a 35mm film camera.
By Vince M, October 21, 2009 @ 1:16 pm
While there are all kinds of detailed differences, a film camera stores latent images on photo sensitive chemicals while a digital camera stores in dital media.
So, to get the camera you want, simply ask for a 35 mm Leica. The 35mm refers to a common film format so no one will think you mean some kind of “35 mm digital” camera. There is no such thing.
By fhotoace, October 21, 2009 @ 1:23 pm
A photo camera is not a digital camera.
All cameras produce photos.
All cameras are analog. It is not until the light hits the sensor and goes through the analog to digital converter, does the image become digital
What you want is a 35 mm Leica.
You will have to ask for either a rangefinder or SLR
By gatewaycityca, October 21, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Just say “film camera” or “35mm camera.” Everyone will know what you’re talking about if you say that. 35mm specifically refers to the size of the film. So if you say a 35mm camera, that implies that you are talking about a film camera. There is no such thing as a 35mm digital camera.
The fact is NO ONE was saying “analog camera” until digital cameras became popular. I never heard it until maybe about 3 or 4 years ago or so. “Analog” is just a new, fad term that hipsters made up to try to sound “cool” or more intellectual. Just call it what it is…FILM.
I use almost entirely film for all my pictures, (35mm and 120 size rolls) and I never call it “analog.” I just say that I use film cameras.
By ajhoskinguk, October 21, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
Say you want a real camera!
By Zanthus, October 21, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
say you want a leica film camera…..everyone knows what a leica film camera is……um, do you have the $10,000 to buy one?
By MixedMojo, October 21, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
Just call it what it is – a camera. Give the nomenclature of the camera and you will be understood, for example – if you want a Leica M4, ask for a Leica M4 and they will understand you.
All cameras are both analog and digital. The term analog represents the signal of a mechanism which measures a continuous physical variable, as either a voltage or pressure. The term digital represents a device which can generate, record, process, receive, transmit, or display information that is represented in discrete numerical form. When you use a film camera that has a light meter, it uses a device which measures the light, representing the measurement as a voltage (analog), then converts that signal into information that can be understood by a microprocessor, in discrete numerical values of either 1 or 0 (digital), so that it can set or indicate the appropriate exposure value.
Though you may think that the terms describe opposite functions, they are mostly associated with one another in the operation of complex devices like cameras. Even my 25 year old Nikon FE2 manual focus film SLR contains an analog/digital conversion device which serves as its light meter.
The two words are not to be used to differentiate between cameras which are exclusively digital and cameras that use film, the distinction is that one uses film and the other does not.