I have not yet ventured into developing my own colour film yet so I send those off to a lab for developing and scanning. I typically send in 5-6 rolls of film to the lab and impatiently wait for the email announcing my film has been developed and a link to the scanned images. Waiting for the scans to come back is akin to a kid waiting for Christmas. I’m so excited to see what has been captured and when I finally get the scans … magic!

Number 3 - Creativity

With digital, I have several Fujfilm X series bodies and most lenses in the Fujifilm lineup. I can set my ISO depending on the conditions and I can even change the look of the jpgs files in-camera with Fujifilm’s inbuilt film simulations. But, technology, gear and options makes it all too easy to get a good shot quickly and move on.

Film sparks my creativity through its limitations. I am limited by the ISO of the film I’m using and the gear I have. Most of my film cameras are manual focus and I may not have a large selection of lenses to fit them. Therefore, I must make the best with what’s at hand. This forces me to think creatively and work out how to get the best shot. The resulting shot is always very different from what I would have taken and settled for with digital gear.