how do you get photos from a film camera straight onto your computer after taking the shots?

Question

okay, i want to know is it possible to maybe plug a film camera into your computer and copy the photos from the camera straight on to the computer?

NOT A DIGITAL CAMERA! :)

Answer 1

No of course it is not for crying out loud.



You have to have the film developed and then have the negatives scanned to make a digital file.

Alternatively develop the film, make prints and scan the prints.

Answer 2

I don't understand how you would think this is even remotely possible, let alone be curious enough to ask. This is like asking will your car run on peanut butter instead of gasoline. No, it is not possible to plug a film camera to a computer to copy the photos. The image must be digitized, in order to be copied to a computer, or other media. The only way to digitize the image made on film is to have the film developed, then scanned and copied to a CD. Then copy the image files from the CD to your computer.

Answer 3

When you have the film developed, they can put the images onto a disk for you.

Answer 4

A computer is pretty much a big, complex digital calculator. It only understands binary language. Trying to transfer film onto it would be like putting a sticky note onto your monitor and expecting it to turn into a computer file. It ain't gonna happen!



You need to convert film to digital first. Scan them, or ask for pictures on disk at the drugstore film counter.

Answer 5

No, there is not.



However, after you have the film developed then you can scan it to your computer.



Simple. I do it all of the time with an Epson V500.

Answer 6

I don't think so. Best thing to do is develop the pictures and use a scanner.

Answer 7

The darkroom is the equivalent to today's computer.... The enlarger: desktop printer!

Answer 8

nope sorry film isn't digital meaning it doesn't know what a computer is.

plus nothing to plug in.

as you stated

IT'S NOT A DIGITAL CAMERA

Answer 9

The only way for pictures on film to get on to a computer is through a scanner of some sort. You can scan prints or you can scan the negative itself. You can have a lab scan them for you, but caveat emptor, most lab scans are not good. You can buy a scanner to do it yourself, and this is usually the best option. Many scanners have some sort of batch scanning mode so you can scan up to 24 frames of 35mm film at once. It does take time.



There are ways that don't involve a traditional scanner, such as using the scanning feature of your office copier (only works on prints). Alternatively, if you can get a solid back light, you can use a digital camera to take pictures of the negatives and process them on the computer. Neither of these are anywhere close to the quality you will get from a dedicated scanner though.

Answer 10

A film camera?

No. You can't. For the simple reason that there is no way of transfering the physical image on the film to a computer, which requires digital data.

In a film camera the image is stored directly on to the film by exposing the film to light. In a digital camera the image is recorded on to the camera's memory, or a plug in memory card, in a way that is understood by a computer.

What you can do is that when the film is developed you can either scan them into the computer yourself or pay for the developers to do that and record them on to a disc.

It will work out MUCH cheaper to buy a new digital camera than to keep buying film, getting it processed, and then transfered to a digital format.

Answer 11

Film Camera Pictures

Answer 12

of course not!!!!!



Film has to be developed in a photolab. THEN, when you take the film in, you can ask to have the images put on a cd for you. Just about anyone can do this for you.



A computer can only understand digital, binary information....EG 1 and Zero. Your Film in your film camera is a physical piece of ceramic material coated with silver and so forth which is then developed in chemicals.....no way for a computer to understand the information on the film.



When you get the film developed into negatives or slides, then these negatives or slides can then be "scanned" and converted into digital image files.....eg nothing but 1's and zeros that your computer can now understand.

Answer 13

No you would need a digital camera...digital cameras have a usb slot that can be connected to your computer to transfer. Regular point, click, film camera don't have this. What you can do is develop the pictures and ask them to be placed on a cd. That cd can then be inserted into your computers CD rom for viewing, saving, or editing.

Answer 14

Only in dreams, is that possible (and I haven't had THAT one yet).



When processing the film, you can ask that the negatives be scanned onto a CD or DVD so you can put them onto your computer.

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Answer 15

You cannot plug your film camera into your computer. Duh.You have to have the film developed.

Answer 16

Most places will put them on a CD for you and you can have prints made from the CD. The quality is very good (better than your own scans) for use with your computer.

Answer 17

stick with Digital...