The legendary Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens.
YouTube photography personality Mikel Sigler suggested that the qualities of film photography can be mimicked in digital photography by using vintage, manual focus lenses on DSLR and mirrorless cameras. This technique is irrespective of whether in-camera film grain, streaks, and emulsion simulations are used. Rather, it is solely the subtle, inherent “look and feel” of the older 35mm lenses that lend the “real” true film look.
As an exercise to explore this claim, I took the following four photographs with a vintage Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens equipped with a Tiffen Yellow 6 filter. The first two exposures were taken on Kodak Tri-X 35mm film, while the second two exposures were taken with a DSLR.
Two statues exposed on Kodak Tri-X 35mm film.
A small section of tree bark shot on Kodak Tri-X 35mm film.
Hiding under a tree, two small fungi captured with a Nikon DSLR.
A rock photographed with a Nikon DSLR and Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens.
Finally, as a test of your “film” eye, the next two photographs were taken on either film or with a DSLR. Can you spot the difference? No cheating, now! Write a comment with the answer before you scroll to find the answer.
The answer is at the end of this article.
Photo #1.
Photo #2.
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Answer: Photo #1 is from a film camera. And Photo #2 is from a DSLR.
