ABSTRACT
Film and the Photographer Being a photographer involves learning how to make the camera and photographic materials function to fulfi ll your purposes and learning to see in the manner of various camera formats and lenses. Analog cameras use a light-sensitive substance on a support base called fi lm to record an image. Digital cameras capture an image electronically and in combination with imaging software can perform or replicate the functions of convention cameras. But because they record images differently than fi lm does,
the effect and overall character of the image may differ. Although electronic imaging can deliver fi lm-like quality and mimic the look of particular products, fi lm remains the measuring gauge many photographers rely on to when evaluating their image capture results.
