Originally posted by psoo Can anybody tell me why 35 mm photography is preferable to digital? Is it just nostalgia?
For some it is just nostalgia; they fell in love with photography with the analog experience and the cost and convenience of digital are not important to them because they enjoy the analog process.
But for many it's not nostalgia. I shoot both film and digital as I can appreciate the pros and cons of both.
With film, there is an authenticity of making something that is not ones and zeroes in a code.
The film is an object and the photographer handles a blank slate and makes something from it. With digital, you are more removed from the actual making process because of a technology which is more ethereal.
How real is something if the copies are identical to the original? For most of us, this is just a concept that makes no difference; for others, it makes all the difference.
Why would anyone want to drive a car without dynamic radar cruise control, lane departure avoidance, pre-collision pedestrian safety braking, automatic windshield wiper and headlamps, etc?
I'm one of those people that want AND enjoy control with a manual transmission. If I have an accident, I want it to be my fault and not because I relied on a safety feature that failed.