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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
Mischa,
Another thing you have to consider is the light you are photographing in. If it is indoors, I know with available light, in my south facing studio, my speed and aperture is something like 5.6-11 @ 60 with an f 2.8. This is on a clear day. A slower lens would not give you much wiggle room or depth of field.
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One mitigating factor with the new digital SLRs is that you have more of an acceptable range in the ISO (what was once film speed) setting.
Sharon, I'll bet you were shooting either the Kodak "portra" or Fuji 160 speed film. This is as good a film as you can buy, but it is very slow. This is a difficult proposition for shooting indoors with available light. The new digital SLRs, in my opinion, can match this quality in the 400 ISO setting. This gives you a lot more wiggle room in lower light conditions. If your end product is an 8x10 print, as it is for me, you can even push the ISO higher.
Also, in my opinion, the current 6mp SLRs will surpass the quality of any 35mm film. When you factor in the cost savings of film and processing, the ability to edit on the fly, manipulate settings per image instead of per roll, and on and on, it is truly a wonderful life.
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