Big downside is digital rot [1]; my favorite few-years-old digital cameras are already dying (granted, I don't baby them) while my Leica M2 will probably outliv

Big downside is digital rot [1]; my favorite few-years-old digital cameras are already dying (granted, I don't baby them) while my Leica M2 will probably outlive me as long as metal can be formed into gears and springs. Sorry about your health conditions, but I'm pretty sure that modern chemicals are much safer than they were in the past. Black and white chemistry is largely benign; the worst was apparently formaldehyde in older C-41 kits which has since been replaced. It seems like too much trouble to make color prints by hand anyways. [1] https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-rot.htm https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-rot.htm