>>7694814>I have been experimenting with film but I just don't have the patience or the money, (or the confidence) to really commit to film.If you really like photography, get into film. You learn so much more about composition and lighting given the more manual nature of it. You become more frugal with taking pictures because you know you're more limited. You can shoot something in two different ways to test it out and see what the outcome is, but you're still quite limited to learning more about the process of taking the picture than seeing it through an electronic viewfinder. The cost of film and processing is pretty steep, but a few rolls every so often isn't too bad, and it's actually significantly cheaper to process them yourself.
I started with film photography almost 3 years ago now, and I knew nothing about cameras or photography when I started. This AE-1 was my first camera and it really didn't take long at all to feel like I'd mastered the basics. I also feel it's much more rewarding to shoot and not need to edit anything after. I have zero interest in editing and even with the odd digital photography I do, I still actively avoid shooting something I know will look better with editing, and if I can, I shoot as natural as possible using the manual knowledge I have. Film photogrpahy kinda forces that mentality into you.
You'll still screw up every now and then, but that's part of the fun. It makes each image much more unique. Though with practice you start to remember shutter speeds and apertures that work under familiar lighting settings.
