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Been shooting a ton of 35mm film lately. It’s so much better than digital photography. It really takes me back to a specific time and place. I love only having 36 shots per roll and having to be patient and wait for the right moment. Shooting less. Being contemplative. It’s like a meditation for me. And the photos are magical. Digital will never be able to replace the chemical reaction of light meeting silver halide. image

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I love film! I recently put my Grandpa’s old vintage lenses and my 400D (very outdated now) with an adapter and the look of the low tech digital with vintage glass looks lovely. Much softer, you have to slow down and manually focus, take your time, it’s great!
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For price point film is way higher quality. You'd go through a bunch of film before getting anywhere near the price of an equivalent digital camera. Film doesn't have pixels, so it can be expended a lot more than digital images. It's why all them movies from the 80s are being rereleased in 4k Wanna get your mind blown, look up vintage high resolution photos.
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Money isn't the only value. Some would argue time is more valuable than money. My grand daughter visited us over the holidays. I took a gazillion photos and videos until it hit me...jpegs are not scarce, but time spent with the ones you love is scarce. If you limit yourself to 36 shots, you limit the time you spend with your technology and maximize the time you spend with your loved ones. You spend time waiting for your kids (or grand kids) to laugh or smile to get the perfect shot, but that means you're focusing on the kids and not the screen. Using a 35 mm camera isn't such a bad idea.
Only those who grew up on film and had to wait to get it developed to see what you captured will understand. I carried the patience deep into the digital era because those early years were so impactful. I should have significantly more digital photos than I do.
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> I love only having 36 shots per roll and having to be patient and wait for the right moment. You can do the same with digital if you know how and what to shoot. I often return home with 5-10 shots on my digital camera. Also, depends what you mean by “it’s so much better than digital photography”. If it’s something along the lines of “film makes me struggle more and keeps me conscious about each frame due to its constraints”, I can agree. If you mean “film is technically superior to digital”, I’d call BS.
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Personally I don’t think of film as technically superior but emotionally superior. There’s something magic about film compared to modern mirrorless cameras or dslr’s though I own those as well and shoot with them regularly. I don’t agree that you should be judicious though with digital. I shoot burst mode when photographing people for instance because if I can I’d like more options in post.
I SHOOT WITH MY RICOH GRIII AND LOVE THIS 28MM APSC CAMERA ITS THE BEST FOR STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AND EVEY DAY CARRY DUE TO ITS SIZE AND QUALITY. USED TO SHOOT NIKON, CANON , SONY AND FUJIFILM... IVE BEEN SHOOTING FOR A HOBBY FOR OVER 15 YEARS . BEEN REALLY INTO HIGH CONTRAST BLACK AND WHITE LATELY ( ABOUT 1 YEAR NOW ) HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SHOOTING FOR ?
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