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You seem to have missed the point of my post entirely. You also seem very hung up on 'digital is superior' which, yeah, no shit, never even insinuated it wasn'

You seem to have missed the point of my post entirely. You also seem very hung up on 'digital is superior' which, yeah, no shit, never even insinuated it wasn't, so I don't really know what you're on about. Also I specifies the target group for this advice, which was not 'beginners', you made that up yourself. Truth is, film is worse, and that makes it harder, and it makes it fun to learn. Sure you can do the same digitally, but you're not forced to do so, which means the temptation to return to old habits is very high. Don't get me wrong, I bring a dslr with me on every film shoot, I use it as a light meter and as a failsafe. Intitially, I just brought a slide rule that I made for estimating exposures and I got very good at it. Nowadays, I can look at a scene and easily be within a half stop just guessing, keep/cull ratio is probably 1/4, versus before it was easily 1/40. Call that 'retro grouchyness' all you'd like, it works, and it has worked for everyone I've convinced to do it so far, but by all means, build yourself a scarecrow and complain loudly that you disagree with someone on the internet.

igouy 3y ago
> you take fewer photos but more of them are usable I need to take more photos of the same scene but from different angles — higher, lower, closer, … work the scene. How will limited film shots help (force) me to do that? > look at a scene and easily be within a half stop just guessing SLR & DSLR meter exposure: what's the advantage of guessing? (The blog post author apparently used a light meter smartphone app.) > keep/cull ratio Seems like I take fewer photos and keep more of them because a) I don't feel a need to keep making the same photos b) I've figured out how to make many of the photos I like to make. > Sure you can do the same digitally, but you're not forced to do so White balance & "M" at lowest-ISO & raw & don't try to preview / edit on camera.

igouy 3y ago

> you take fewer photos but more of them are usable I need to take more photos of the same scene but from different angles — higher, lower, closer, … work the scene. How will limited film shots help (force) me to do that? > look at a scene and easily be within a half stop just guessing SLR & DSLR meter exposure: what's the advantage of guessing? (The blog post author apparently used a light meter smartphone app.) > keep/cull ratio Seems like I take fewer photos and keep more of them because a) I don't feel a need to keep making the same photos b) I've figured out how to make many of the photos I like to make. > Sure you can do the same digitally, but you're not forced to do so White balance & "M" at lowest-ISO & raw & don't try to preview / edit on camera.