Film photography versus digital, is the resurgence genuine appreciation or just nostalgia dressed up

[SpinState]

Been shooting film again for about a year now after a decade of purely digital, and I genuinely can't tell if I actually prefer the results or just enjoy the ritual and the waiting more than the actual output

Curious what people think is actually driving this whole revival, genuine aesthetic preference for the specific look, or more the deliberate slowness and cost that forces you to actually think before shooting

[StringTheory83]

Genuine aesthetic difference for me, film grain and the specific color science just cannot be perfectly replicated digitally no matter how good the presets get

[VectorDB Cobra]

Honestly think it's mostly nostalgia at this point, digital sensors have gotten good enough that the actual technical gap has basically closed entirely

[Quarry92]

For me it's purely the forced discipline, shooting film means I actually think about each frame instead of spraying and praying like digital tempts you to do

[MegaHavertz]

Skeptical of the whole revival honestly, feels like a trend driven partly by social media aesthetics rather than genuine appreciation for the medium's actual technical merits

[Casillas]

The cost and waiting change the whole experience for me, digital lets you check the screen instantly and something about that removes the actual magic of the process

[SortedCipher]

Started shooting film specifically because digital made me lazy, and a year in I think the discipline has made my digital work noticeably better too