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I think this advice may work for some, but for most I think advantages of digital far outweigh film, even for people just getting into the hobby. Chiefly, being
by akanet 3y ago
I think this advice may work for some, but for most I think advantages of digital far outweigh film, even for people just getting into the hobby. Chiefly, being able to make thousands of mistakes is not a bug, but a feature - you need to make mistakes in order to improve, and being able to make them quickly is a huge help. Secondly, digital cameras are so good now that you can just do so many more things than you can with film, like video, swapping quickly between light levels, extremely accurate autofocus, timelapses, astrophotography, etc.
A very restrictive medium can help spark creativity, but it may also prevent neophytes from finding it.
- ghaff 3y agoI spent a lot of time on B&W through school but dropped it once I didn't have access to a "real" darkroom any longer. (I had the equipment but I quickly decided setting it up in an apartment darkroom was for the birds and, even after I bought a house, didn't really have an appropriate space. After that it was just color slides but it pretty much became just a trips and special events thing. I go in and out of using my interchangeable lens digital cameras but it's low friction enough if I want to pull them out.