Thank goodness for common sense! Some folks just enjoy arguing and making negative comments. This is why, indeed so many treads, turn it a s**t show!

Some folks have serious misconceptions, they say "Digital cameras are too sharp or too real whereas film is more imperfect and soft, or visa-versa, etc"! The problem with that concept is that the CAMERAS and please do not over those effects, those are controlled by the photograher, at least they should be. Between good digital camera work and post-processing, just about any reasonable style, effect, level of realism, or lack thereof can be accomplished with a bit of patience and skill. Fim is imperfect or soft?- make a good sharp negative and print it on an enlarger with a point source or condenser lamphouse and a good lens- you're gonna get sharpness!

If one prefers film, it is still readily available and those who are equipped to process it should certainly carry on.

And what's all the negativism about film and darkrooms? I operated a very well-equipped darkroom and color lab in my studio for decades. There were no dungeons with noxious fumes and toxic chemicals. Well, you won't get sick or die as long as you don't drink the stuff and take a few precautions. My darkrooms were fun places. They had air conditioning, ventilation, and even a pretty cool surround-sound stereo system.

There is all that folklore about fols getting asphyxiated from Sodium Ferrocyanide producing hydrogen cyanide gas when mixed with certain acids. If you use it with a rapid fixer that contains sulphuric acid, you may get a bit of gas. If you stick to a regular fixer, which contains acetic acid you won't smell the "roasting almonds" In either case, it is doubtful that will turn your darkroom into a gas chamber. Rubber gloves, tongs, and some eye protection will keep you safe all with some care and common sense. Id to don't bathe in the color print stabilizer, the formalin will not turn you into a mad hatter. If, however, you die, you may be able to use it for embalming fluid.

Old-time photography methods and tools can be dangerous. Flashbubls can explode and shatter but there were flash guards, hot lighs can start fires and old electoinc flash units have extremely high voltage and can kill you, especially if you use them in a swimming pool. If you do a lot of nature and wildlife photography, you can fall for a cliff, be devoured by a wild animal, or be shot for trespassing on private property.

If you try hard enough you can find negative aspects of almost everything.

It can’t happen until sufficient capacity has been added to the power grid to charge millions of e-cars. The grid is barely keeping up now. Just look at what happen in Ca last summer when they asked people not to charge e-cars due to high power demand. And how many new power plants do you see in process right now? Even if that happens it’s not obvious people will pay higher costs to buy and maintain e-cars. And what about the monumental toxic waste problem from old batteries? These problems are real detriments to massive adoption of ecars.

Fortunately e-cameras do not have those issues! 😂