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Price aside i think there's one prime disadvantage of using film. Most film shooters, especially amateurs, rely on film aesthetics to make snapshots look good when the same person, taking the very same shot in digital, will most likely capture a bland image.
It's a trap most people fall into. Their pictures are weak so they use film to make them interesting because, let's face it, film colours are more natural and pleasing than 99% of what non-professional users manage to achieve with sliders in LR.
Truly great modern photographers are not slaves to the medium. Most of them are actually using digital and still have controlled and balanced colour palettes.
I still shoot film sometimes but only when i know my snaps will benefit for a particular colour behaviour but generally, a good picture is independent of film/digital characteristics. That's why i believe it's more challenging to shoot digital and why i recommend it to everyone, unless you really know what you're doing. There's no difference between them in terms of output if you're aim is to express yourself through an image.
I challenge anyone to look at good fine art photography and figure if there would be any advantage of having the shot in film. In most cases it won't.
