hi, i’m new to film photography and since the camera i’m using is fully manual, i’m a little nervous about getting the settings right and i was just wondering if set it to the same aperture and shutter speed on a digital camera, will have the same or similar exposure? in other words: can i use the same settings i use on a digital camera, on film? thank you :)

August 4th, 2011

hi, i'm new to film photography and since the camera i'm using is fully manual, i'm a little nervous about getting the settings right and i was just wondering if set it to the same aperture and shutter speed on a digital camera, will have the same or similar exposure? in other words: can i use the same settings i use on a digital camera, on film?
thank you :)

beardclub

Yes, in the sense that the principles of exposure remain the same… however, you cannot change the ISO with film as you can with digital, which means you’ll need to adjust your aperture and shutter speed to get a correct exposure. However, I wouldn’t recommend using the screen of your digital camera as a meter, as they don’t necessarily represent the real exposure.

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