Originally posted by Wombat Why is it that we have no problem blasting off 300-400 shots in a session with a digital camera but struggle to finish 36 measly frames of film over months (even years, I confess)? Are we too cheap? Too lazy? What is it? I can sit for hours clicking away with an empty film camera just for the sheer pleasure of handling it, but to actually load a film in it and finish it off is torture! I don't understand...
Digital leads to obsession over the image presented on/in the LCD. If a shot doesn't come out "right" on that little LCD, I try to get it to until I succeed, or give up. If a shot doesn't come out right on film I don't know about it for at least a few hours, generally much more.
For me, that is the main reason for the difference in number of attempts. I might spend half an hour and dozens of exposures trying to get a "perfect" picture of something with digital, but due to the waiting period with film I'm more inclined to walk away from a subject without "the" shot. If I didn't get the photo I wanted, I won't know until later.