P3D Print Film vs Slide Film

["Andrea Blair" <asblair@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>Greg W. wrote (in part):Print films are better for the beginning 
photographer, as long as the error is towards overexposure; an 
acceptable print can be gotten from as much as *four stops* overexposure 
with your average consumer print film.<<<<

(I'm going to take this comment out on a different thread) I used to 
feel this way, too, but now I always recommend slide film for beginners. 
For someone truly learning photography and all of the basic principles, 
print film is just not the way to go. There are far too many 
uncontrollable variables that will have impact on the final result 
without the novice photographer knowing why. Slide film is as close to 
WYSIWYG in the photo world as you'll get (IMHO). The processor can't 
fuzz up the pictures, change the color (for the most part), or change 
the brightness. This is also why slide film is usually used for testing 
camera equipment. You want to see the *actual* results, as opposed to 
someone else's *interpretation* of what they think it should look like. 
I find in my experience people learn to control their photography faster 
and better by using and learning from slide film. I now consider prints 
a convenience and handy to get double prints of parties, etc. to hand 
out to friends and family.

This is, of course, providing you want excellent images, not just 
*acceptable* ones.

Andrea S. Blair
asblair@xxxxxxxxxxx


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