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This is a bunch of retro-grouch reverse-snobbism hogwash. Buy a digital interchangable lens camera and make a conscious effort to both shoot a lot (and be willing to purge stuff, don't become a packrat) but also spend time experimenting and focusing on getting a particular shot or style of shot as best you can, technically first, and then artistically. People who lack the discipline to be "intentional" without being…
You seem to have missed the point of my post entirely. You also seem very hung up on 'digital is superior' which, yeah, no shit, never even insinuated it wasn't, so I don't really know what you're on about. Also I specifies the target group for this advice, which was not 'beginners', you made that up yourself. Truth is, film is worse, and that makes it harder, and it makes it fun to learn. Sure you can do the same di…
I need to take more photos of the same scene but from different angles — higher, lower, closer, … work the scene.
How will limited film shots help (force) me to do that?
> look at a scene and easily be within a half stop just guessing
SLR & DSLR meter exposure: what's the advantage of guessing?
(The blog post author apparently used a light meter smartphone app.)
> keep/cull ratio
Seems like I take fewer photos and keep more of them because a) I don't feel a need to keep making the same photos b) I've figured out how to make many of the photos I like to make.
> Sure you can do the same digitally, but you're not forced to do so
White balance & "M" at lowest-ISO & raw & don't try to preview / edit on camera.