Years ago, I used to always take pictures with a 35mm film camera. I still have boxes and boxes of double prints and negatives from photos I took when our children were little.

Then, I slowly transitioned to a digital camera…a Kodak EasyShare was one of the first digital cameras I used. I even took two cameras on a big family vacation to Washington DC, shooting both film and digital. Just in case the digital camera didn’t do all that I expected it to do.

My current iPhone takes better pictures than that first digital camera I used.

Eventually, I took a photography course and learned how to use my digital camera in manual mode.

I know this is a scary thing for a lot of people, but I loved learning how to have more control over the settings of my camera and using Lightroom to make some simple edits to improve the final image I captured.

Last summer, my dad gave me his Nikon FE2, 35mm film camera with a 50mm lens. It has been interesting to see how my photo journey has brought me back to using a film camera. But this time, I know so much more about camera settings and photography in general.

So I decided to see how my newest digital camera compares to the images I can capture with the film camera. I found a 30 day photography challenge and have completed a couple of the days so far.

It is going to take a bit of time to complete this challenge, especially since I will have to send out the film to be processed. But I am looking forward to seeing the results!

What type of camera do you currently take pictures with?