In order to make a film, the one basic equipment you require is the camera. There are various types of cameras available in the markets that are all meant for different purposes. When you step in to film making, you shall use all of them on a regular basis and learn the differences as well. In the process you might also develop some personal favorites to work with.
Yet at some point all these become obsolete – one technology came in and swiped away the rest – the Digital Cameras. This technology simplified the art of film making to a great extent. With these, not even sky is the limit.
As a beginner it is a great experience to learn the ways and means of using the film cameras. They teach you several interesting things like:
Using a lens
Understanding the depth of the field
How to push & pull the focus, etc.
While it is an undeniable fact that digital cameras have brought in a revolution in film making and have been accepted with open arms world over, I sometimes think that using an actual film was rather organic. The images then were li’l hazy but they did not have an artificial crispness created with the digital technology.
