I love tecnographers to tell me that I am an asshole. Seriously. Film is a medium. Technical race is over. Digital coupled with algorithms for "ultimate" techn

I love tecnographers to tell me that I am an asshole. Seriously. Film is a medium. Technical race is over. Digital coupled with algorithms for "ultimate" technical exposure is the winner. So what? Film has a natural grain, grain emulation made digitally is obvious for a trained eye. Film has a chemically based development, you can alter exposure in different ways and produce different results. Shooting film makes you a better photographer. Why? Because to produce a decent photo you must know the exposure triangle and focus. Focus, because there is no computer to help you and make you think that you are "the best" ever, and if you are not - you can always fix it in post. Learning to do all in camera is giving you advantage in expression. Expression. This is the key word here. The world of humans has become so narrow, so predictable and binary, that we are fighting with our natural human psychology. Under the command of the technocratic elites moving us forward to the ultimate vision of AI overlords and never-ending cycle of unnecessary software and hardware updates. Don't let me start on security. Try to hack my Leica M3 - remotely. Film is made for print. Printing has a value in itself. And the process requires more skill and knowledge than applying some LUTs or predefined filters. 1000 megapixel cameras with AI will not make you an artist. Connecting to a real human world and caring will make you one. Yes, you can express this with a smartphone camera without a doubt, but the choice of film is similar to the choice of oil painting as a medium. Or should I be asshole again for not using digital painting as a medium of choice. You know, painting digitally is so technically superior. You have undo and redo. Layers and masks. Why live in the past and not embrace the future? Why learn to play an instrument? The computers are so much better. P.S. I responded to your "emotionally" charged opinion with an equal reflection. The main point is that everything has a value as an experience, process and end result. To dismiss someone choices over "technical" logic is a false positive. Technically educated people can buy a vinyl record. For different reasons, aesthetically or experience based ones. Putting all the eggs in one basket is not a balanced approach at all.