What’s the difference in the way a film camera captures light vs a digital camera

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What’s the difference in the way a film camera captures light vs a digital camera

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They actually do nearly everything the same. In film, light knocks electrons off of silver compounds, while in digital cameras, it knocks electrons off of a semiconductor chip. Then circuitry in the chip detects the electrons, or chemicals added to the film during development make silver compounds crystallize where the electrons were dislocated.