I pick film cos digital cameras has powerful flashes what could capture little flys what might look like orbs. I seen it on this website also the smoke from smoking could look like ghosts.

wow that was confusing to read. no offense.

I chose film. Visit http://www.ghoststudy.com it has loads of ghost pics and other stuff.

OMG!!! i like uh...go there ALL the time. i am like laughing my a*& off at the irony. ( no, i am not mentally retarded)

if you think of someone from England saying it (imagining the accent) it makes perfect sense. I always read my aunt's emails while imagining someone with an Phillipino accent...it's the only way I can understand what the heck she's talking about.

First of all, I think either you put down the wrong URL or the site isn't there anymore.

Second, if that's the site I'm thinking of, I used to go there all the time too, until I contacted them for help and they didn't even have the decency to respond to me to tell me they couldn't help me. I still haven't heard from them. Bastards.

haha! i am feel great, i just quit my retarded Walmart job!

great! I can't stand Wal-Mart

Well damn. Who am I going to harrass when I go in there now?

i should go and pick on my friends who work there, and demand to see the manager! oh! i am going to do that tonight.; i will tell you how it goes!!

I think the worst walmart of all time is the one at great southern they are a bunch of idiots!

I tried to return something I bought for my son for his computer for his birthday and they gave me a big run around. And then got the manager then he had the nerve to pick up the box and start reading the box to me like I was 5 years old or something, like do you have windows xp do you have this do you have that. I said yes to all of the above and i told him it still crashed my sons computer. And then He said I think i know a little bit more about computers than you do and it would not have done that!

Well that set me off cause this guy don't even know me So I read his name tag and i said listen Hank you don't know me from adam so don't stand there and tell me that you know more than I do or you wouldn't be working here! LOL

Anyway I did get my refund after about a half hour of battle and as I was walking away my son says to me hey mom you was calling that guy hank I said yeah so! he said his name tag said Frank!LOL

I didn't even notice because his tie was covering some of it and all I seen was ank. anyway all you guys talking about walmart brought it all back to me. I just thought you would enjoy the story.

Oh, also I pick Digital camera's I don't have to worry about buying film anymore!

Have always used digital cameras.

A big argument for "fake" ghost photos (and used all too regularly by sceptics) is the existance of defects on the film prior to use. These defects are only brought out during processing of the photos (hence "that wasn't there when we took the picture...!").

Digital photography rules out this argument as there are no defects on film (for obvious reasons!!!!). Yes, there are other problems associated with digital cameras, but these can be got around.

Flash too strong? Use a seperate light box/ flash unit that is triggered by the camera (with any built-in camera flash turned off - this of course will only work with cameras with slave flash outputs) and a much lower rated flash bulb. Even better, get a PNV (Passive Night Vision) camera (same as night vision digital camcorders)....no light needed apart from maybe an infra-red lamp to boost light levels. A lot of night vision camcorders these days can also take still photos and can store them on a digital memory card, whilst moving video is still stored on digital tape......best of both worlds.

At the end of the day (it gets dark....!), it all depends on what you are prepared to fork out for, or what funds you have available for equipment. If you have none, look at joining a "Ghost Hunter club"....they tend to have a collection of up-to-date equipment.

Great tips! Thanks for sharing

I went two days ago and went up to my friend, Courtney. This was how it went:

Courtney: Hello, welcome to Walmart!
Me: I don't feel so welcome here! I mean look! The door has an arrow on it telling you to leave! (Cheesy I know, but I am not the smartest person!)
Courtney: OK Mack, cut the crap!
Me: Fine, but I'll be back!

And I went into the store and left through the other door. Then she hit my head with a book the next day!

I Like film as well. I like that I have negatives so if I want reprints I can get and I don't have to worry about losing them if the computer crashes.
Plus if I get a ghostie to say Hi I can prove that it was on the negative and I didn't photoshop him in.

As for Ghost Study. Its still there. I am Morning Glory on their message boards as well. Here's the link -
http://www.paranormalsoup.com/forums/index.php?s=4b3b936e94ef2d69270cb3ff05e3960d&act=idx

Actually, that's another thing I like better about digital...I always seem to misplace the negatives, but it's easy to find my digital photos on the hundreds of backup CDs I create!

Film.
I'm used to it.
I can adjust aperture size to regulate depth of field.
I can use a slow film for fantastic color saturation.
I can use black and white film for the effects I'm looking for.
I can put photos in an envelope and mail them.
I know digital is the best thing since sliced bread, I know you can e-mail their images, I know you can import them into a letter or an e-mail, I know a memory stick will hold a blue million photos and the best I can do with my Nikon EM is a 36 exposure roll ... but it suits me fine and takes great pictures.
Stick with what works well for YOU!

There you go with that "film" stuff again!

While you are, of course, free to stay with film cameras, I can do all of the things on your list above with my Nikon D80 dSLR http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d80.htm:

I can adjust aperture size to regulate depth of field;

I can change the ISO (from image to image if I want);

I can shoot in B&W mode (can choose for just one
image, if desired), or can process as B&W and/or
color from any raw image file. (I can also shoot IR);

I can upload image files to Walgreens or another site,
and go pick up the paper prints in an hour (or print
the pictures myself on my printer). I can also have
Walgreens print them at a store near to my out-of-
state relatives, which *THEY* can pick up in an
hour;

I've shot 10354 images with my D80 (it keeps track), and I've learned something by being able to shoot and examine most of them. How much would you have to pay to buy 288 36-exp rolls of (color) film and process/print the images?

I'm not a "new fogey": I shot with film cameras starting around forty years ago, had a darkroom for several years, and sold my last two Minolta film bodies just two years ago. Digital is just better, cheaper, allows more experimentation, and is becoming less expensive while film & processing will inexorably become more expensive as time goes on.

I resisted going digital until the sensor sizes allowed for images at least as good as 35mm film offered. We've now been there for a while now. Digital has renewed my passion for photography!

Does this mean I should sell my controlling share of the buggy whip market?

I'm with moose on this one. I too shot plenty of film and had a darkroom. I now have a light room. I can do more with photoshop than I ever could with my darkroom. My computer has a 250 gig hard drive and a DVD burner. I also have a 500 gig external drive. I keep 3 copies of every shot. Prints are easy with my Canon ip4300 printer. Using desktop publishing I can use my images for everything from business cards to post cards. Now that I've gone digital I could never go back. I have several film cameras I used and they have film in them that is over a year old.

If I would have stayed with what I knew I wouldn't even have a job today. Digital has changed everything in the printing business. It will also continue to change our everyday lives in ways we can't even imagine now.

I say get on the band wagon and learn something new, expand your mind, you won't regret it.

For strictly cemetery photography, I prefer digital over film. I'm better at the theory than the practice of photography, hehehe...I can look at my image automatically to make sure I've got things lined up properly, the shot is lit properly, everything's in focus, and there are no bugs flying across the shot. If there are any problems, I can automatically spot them, erase the bad shot, and try again. And...if things DO need to be edited or resized, I can easily do that on the computer without having to worry about scanning. My cemetery shots are usually for artistic purposes, or for research purposes, and its just easier to have them in digital format. I can easily share them with others, make copies cheaply, and store them safely.

With paranormal investigation, I still prefer the ease and economic advantage of digital despite the arguments for film. We're finally at a point in technology where the digital image has improved enough to equal or surpass most film cameras lol...and I always tell people they should try to get a camera with the highest megapixel rate they can afford. The negatives associated with film are a good source to guard against tampering, but that doesn't mean they cannot be altered by someone who really knows what they are doing. At least in digital, you have the EXIF data, which again can be altered, but is fairly rare. I've been able to use EXIF data on multiple occasions to help rule out common photography mistakes. A few years ago, however, I would have insisted that film was the way to go.

Still...I do like to keep on hand a film camera for certain investigations. I enjoy having the hard copies in my hand...it does make for better analysis sometimes, and not everyone has a great printing system for their digitals...but I also like to just compare the results between the film and the digital. And of course, you never know when something with the digital may malfunction, and you need a back up.