Is it better to learn film photography first?
Is it?
and what type of film cameras/dlsr's would you remmcommend.
i'm 15. I have my mums old nikon 35mm.shoots film, and i want to learn how to use it.
also i have a holga…
what creates the better picture overall, dslr or film?
No. You can take many more pictures with digital and see them faster and the cost of film and processing quickly becomes oppressive. And the Holga basically takes bad pictures that sometimes are "artsy"
But any digital camera that you get should have the controls of a film camera if you want to take "good" pictures that allow you to set shutter speed and lens opening.
A high resolution DSLR allows making larger images
With digitals, you take the pictures with electricity and you need it again to view and reproduce the picture.
A mechanical film camera will carry on taking pictures until you run out of film. With a selenium light meter and an accurate temperature/time chart you should be able to priduce negatives, possibly even slides, without a stored-power source. Electricity doesn't really get needed until enlargements are considered and I'm sure someone could work around that!
The discipline needed to produce a decent photo on film is good mental exercise for manyh other activities too. Having to think about the shot and the aftermath of taking it inevitable produces more focussed (no pun!) images. Once your mind is really involved in the creative process your signature starts to appear in the stuff you print.
Printing from film in a darkroom is actually fun too!
Speaking as a dyed-in-the-wool film fan, I will respectfully disagree with Mike on this one.
Because you have a fixed number of images per roll of 35mm film, you have to think about each picture before you press the shutter, and can't use the "spray and pray" technique that digital encourages, in the remote hope you'll get a decent image. What do you think about? Things like lighting, composition, exposure, etc.
The lessons you learn from taking a darkroom-based film photography course will carry over into digital, and your photography will be the better for it.
I was taught on film and I have a high respect for film users even though I'm mainly a digital (film is too expensive and I would rather process it myself). With film I was able to take my time with photos and try to make each frame count considering it is expensive. With that I carried it into digital so I make sure to make each digital frame count even though it's still unlimited compared to film. Overall a digital will create a better image but that is also subjective from person to person. Either way both are amazing and you can always see the difference between the both once your eye has been trained in it from viewing so many photos. Just have fun with it until you decide how serious you're really wanting to take it.