Originally posted by lithos It's friggin' magic, isn't it?
When you pull that reel out of the fixer and see frames, end to end, inverted highlights of emulsion in slight relief. Thirty-six different slices of time, pared so fine from life. One thousandth, five hundredths, one sixtieth of a second.
They're there, they're real, tangible. You can hold them. Don't get that with digital.
That's a fantastic description.... and I love how strongly I identify with that... feeling/appeal/satisfaction/addiction.