When do you think an affordable digital camera will outperform 120 film in Dynam

Question: When do you think an affordable digital camera will outperform 120 film in Dynamic range and Tonality!?
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The key word is AFFORDABLE!. At 55 years of age, I don't think I will see it in my lifetime!.

Don't know if that is good or bad!. If digital does reach that point, then that probably will be the real death knell for film, and I think that would be a sad loss!.

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I used a variety of color and B&W film and many different cameras, from the latter half of the 1960s through the early 2000s!.

A HUGE improvement in color film occurred from the late 1960s through the late 1980s, in terms of "dynamic range and tonality," increased speed with decreased grain, color accuracy, long term image stability, etc!. The chromogenic "B&W" films were introduced in the 1980s were another leap in film technology!.

Cameras went through a revolution during the same period of time - auto exposure, auto focus, automatic advance, auto film threading, etc!. And the Olympus OM-1 introduced the full featured automatic camera in a very small and lightweight package!.

The digital camera really came into its own in the early 2000s!. If the above "20 year trend" with film and film cameras applies to digital, then you'll get to see "affordable" digital cameras surpass medium format 120 film in about another 15 years or so, in the early 2020s!. That's the way I'd bet, anyway!.

But I'm not going to give up my existing digital "mid range' camera in the interim!. Digital is pretty good as is it is now for many applications!.

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When the affordable camera is a Nikon D-Series SLR!.

Edit: I love film, there are quite a few shots I will only take with film!. However, film isn't cheap!. Developing film artistically isn't cheap!. Maintaining a personal darkroom isn't cheap!. I suppose, if you add up the price of a decent DSLR, all the fixin's (minus glass because it's an expense shared between digital & film), the cost of Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom, and the price of a decent PC!. Then compare it to a years worth of bills for film & developing!. What about 5 years!? Ten, even!. With the occasional software upgrade, add a couple hundred bucks every couple years!. Affordability!? Ha!.Www@QuestionHome@Com