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>>123520 >I'm just arguing that it's not nearly as slow, inconvenient, or horribly expensive as people make it out to be. Let's look at it point by point:
(Time & Convenience) Digital: Push button, receive picture Film: Push button, get through 35 more shots so you can finish off the roll (taking more time for each shot because you're conscious of the per-frame cost). Then, it varies by film and location. If you're shooting C41 135, you can have it back in an hour. If you're shooting slide film and you're very lucky, you might have a one-hour lab that'll do it. Moderately lucky, next-day service. Unlucky, send it out to Fuji and get it back in a week. Shooting traditional B&W, you'll probably be developing it yourself, which means you can do it in about an hour... but the convenience drops exponentially. And if you're shooting something other than 135, it's even worse.
And if you want to add in the time spent postprocessing digital, make sure to also add in the scanning time for film. And cleaning dust and scratches and whatnot.
(Cost) Digital: Per picture, $0 Film: Per picture, $>0. So the cost of film compared to the cost of bits is immense. Not to mention the opportunity cost of great pictures you might miss with film because you wait too long thinking "Wait, is this picture really going to be good enough to spend a frame of film on?"
Caveat: I shoot a *lot* of film. But don't kid yourself that it's not slow, expensive, and inconvenient as fuck. It's just that it's also fun and rewarding.
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