fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

I would never go back in a million years. It's to convient.

BebuLamar

I would use film once in a while! No I can't go back to using film like before because most people are like you (the OP) and so film lost the economy of scale and became too expensive for me to use it often.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

I don't think I'd ever go back in any permanent sense, but I still have my first Film SLR, a Canon T-70. I plan to dust it off this year and use it. It is actually a pretty nice little camera and I still have a good selection of FD lenses.

tramsey Loc: Texas

I'm driving a Cadillac; why would I want to go back to a Model T?

tramsey Loc: Texas

I'm driving a Cadillac; why would I want to go back to a Model T?

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

I never left. Here are my main cameras. Canon L2, Mamiya RB67 and Cambo SCII. I do use a digital camera for work but most of my income is made from printing old negatives in the darkroom at the museum where I work.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

For me, shooting medium format digitally is simply not an option. The cameras cost more than I'm willing to pay. Film medium format is much more affordable. And compared to digital cameras, most manual film cameras are not impossible to fix yourself.

chaman

No.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

I also have an AE-1 amongst other film cameras. Just bought a nice power winder for the AE-1 on Ebay. Darkroom in the bathroom, don't even think about it. A nice acid bath and your work there would be done!

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

I like your taste in chemicals as shown in the first image, but the glass is only half full, and it's the wrong half!

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Can't go back--sold all my film gear and darkroom stuff.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

You might ask that to the folks in the Model T club of America LOL.

LarryFB Loc: Depends where our RV is parked

My first real camera was a Petri f/1.9, and I had a great time with it. After a number of years, I upgraded to a Minolta SRT-101. I have had several Minolta's since. Around 2000 I bought a Digital Point and Shoot. Yes, I used it on occasion but I certainly used my Minolta most of the time.

In 2002 (visiting Alaska for several months), I became tired of carrying all the Minolta Gear. I purchased an Olympus Bridge Camera and it worked great. That camera died after a few years and I purchase a Konica-Minolta Bridge Camera, which I loved for a number of year. I often thought about getting a DSLR but wondered if I really wanted to go back and carry all the gear.

Finally, in 2013, my wife and I spent the Winter volunteering at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area in Southern California. WOW, the place was fantastic for photography, with over 400 species of birds, great sunsets, wonderful vistas, a photographer's playground. My Konica-Minolta just didn't meet my wants. After about a week, I went to Costco and purchased a Nikon D5100 Kit (Camera, 18-55mm lens, 55-300mm lens, and other assorted items). Within three months my shutter count went from essentially zero to about 5,000! I love that camera and the lenses that came with it and the other items I have purchased for it.

As much as I love my old film cameras, shooting Black and White, developing my own film, making prints in my own darkroom, would I go back to film, probably not. Digital photography has opened up a new, sometimes more complex, form of photography that I could not achieve with a film camera.

Sorry, I certainly cannot blow holes in your thinking.

Quantus5

I think film still has some uses, especially as an artistic medium.

But the convenience of digital, great memories with my old Canon AE-1, but no can't go back.

Mark Bski Loc: A sleepy little island not far from Seattle

One word: No.