Equipped with black and white film and a normal compact 35mm film camera, am I able to take good quality black and white photos? Will it turn out okay? Or do I need a professional SLR camera? If the camera does not make a difference, can I have some tips on the lighting and environmental conditions that would help in taking good black and white photos.|||What are you taking a photo of? Do you want a lot of contrast (full on black to full on white) or less contrast (more shades of grey)?
For instance, if you're photographing a person and want some moody contrast, you would want harder, undiffused light. A bare light bulb, even a soft white bulb, will give you a small hard light and lead to hard shadow edges, dark shadows and hard light and highlights. A photo with a lot of contrast. If you're looking for something with smoother shadow edges and more grey as opposed to black and white then you want a large soft/diffused light source like a large window with indirect light coming through.
The same applies to a landscape or city scape. If you want high contrast take the photo on a sunny day. Want more grey, wait til it's cloudy. Look up filters for shooting black and white as well. Specifically yellow filters. They will help you "tune" your contrast.
The camera is just a tool. A nice one may make the job easier but a person that knows how to do the job can get it done with almost any tool.|||This depends on your ability as a photographer and your knowledge of your camera's limitations. If you can't take good photographs with a compact, you won't be able to with an slr.
As to your subordinate question: it's far too open and vague to answer in any meaningful way.
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