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You'd be crazy to rule out digital.
First off, Film. Digital is very cheap to shoot. A 256 mb card is less than $100 now, and will hold about 200 pictures from a 4 mp camera. The card itself can be used, and re-used thousands of times.
Right now, the Sony F717 is a bargin as is Nikon's 5700. Both companies are coming out with new models and those 2 great cameras are selling for under $400 in the Sony's case and under $600 in the Nikon's case. I've got a F717 myself that I paid about $800 for a year ago.
For storage of pictures, I use an external hard drive that costs about $200 and will store tens of thousands of pictures.
Wildlife Photograhy Digital V's Film
With digital, you can shoot 3 shot bursts every time, why not, it doesn't cost anymore. If the animal moves, you move or the photo is no good, just delete it. Many times I take over 1000 shots on a day trip. I may only get 50 or 60 that are usable.
With Film, you have no idea what you got till you print it. Shooting a 1000 shots with film is out of the question cost wise. Plus you have no confirmation that you got the shot before you leave.
Wal Mart can print digital pictures same as they do film if that's what you want to do with them. The advantage is, you can hand them a disk with 24 good pictures on it instead of 24 that you don't know what they look like until you pick them up.
Skipper
First off, Film. Digital is very cheap to shoot. A 256 mb card is less than $100 now, and will hold about 200 pictures from a 4 mp camera. The card itself can be used, and re-used thousands of times.
Right now, the Sony F717 is a bargin as is Nikon's 5700. Both companies are coming out with new models and those 2 great cameras are selling for under $400 in the Sony's case and under $600 in the Nikon's case. I've got a F717 myself that I paid about $800 for a year ago.
For storage of pictures, I use an external hard drive that costs about $200 and will store tens of thousands of pictures.
Wildlife Photograhy Digital V's Film
With digital, you can shoot 3 shot bursts every time, why not, it doesn't cost anymore. If the animal moves, you move or the photo is no good, just delete it. Many times I take over 1000 shots on a day trip. I may only get 50 or 60 that are usable.
With Film, you have no idea what you got till you print it. Shooting a 1000 shots with film is out of the question cost wise. Plus you have no confirmation that you got the shot before you leave.
Wal Mart can print digital pictures same as they do film if that's what you want to do with them. The advantage is, you can hand them a disk with 24 good pictures on it instead of 24 that you don't know what they look like until you pick them up.
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I agree with Skipper.....the cost may be a little higher than your 100 to 200 dollars but you will save more in the long run.....the digitals are coming down in price so there should be several to choose from.
I have an olympus 740 and it is great as with the 750. Nikon has a great lense and takes wonderful pics...same with the sony which I believe uses a Zies (sp) lense.
Digital gives you a chance to learn the camera and get great pictures without cost and of wasting a lot of film.
Fifty or sixty pictures is not a lot on one outing with a digital, whereas that would be a lot of film and wait for processing to see your mistakes...sometimes I take ten pics of the same scene using different settings just to see which is better.
cliff
I agree, don't rule out digital unless you've got a really good reason. I still have my old 35 mm film NIkon that I've had for years (decades!), but I rarely use it anymore. $100 is kinda low, but there are plenty of good cameras in the $200 to $300 range. The Nikon 2100 and the 3100 are great cameras, and they are quite small. I'm thinking about getting one of them for my husband for Christmas. Just get a couple of magazines and do some reading to see what features you really want.
