Why I Shoot Film

Confessions of An Analogue Photographer
Story #3Camera Bronica ETRSFocal length 150mmFilm Fujifilm Pro400hAperture f/4shutter speed 1/30
This year, we celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Luminous Landscape. When I turned fifteen myself, my father gave me my first real camera: a Minolta SRT101. It had TTL metering, but exposure was manual. It was an old camera even then, and very affordable. Before long I had a second body (one for black and white film, the other for colour), and quite a few lenses and accessories. I still have the old Minolta (I sold most of the lenses which gained a bit in value due to the arrival of Mirrorless), and I don't think I'll ever part with it. I haven't shot it in years, though.
In the mid-2000s, I made the shift to digital. A Nikon bridge camera first, then two Sony dSLRs, and now I'm using my second Nikon, a D800. I love it. It's an amazing machine, sturdy and robust (but don't let anybody tell you it won't break when it hits the pavement falling f...