I've reintroduced film to my digital photography. I have been an advocate of digital and Photo Shop since it's earliest days and would never give up my 5D Mk II (except to upgrade), but digital has one glaring fault. It lacks permanence. I recently tried to find some photos I'd taken ten years ago and had stored on CD. After finally finding the correct Cd, I could not get the photos from the CD due to some fault with the storage media. The CD had been stored in a controlled environment and showed no physical damage, but was not usable.
I can still go to my slide files and pull slides that look as good as the day i shot them in Vietnam almost fifty years ago.
Bottom line, unless you're willing to recopy and store your files every few years, you're at risk of loosing them. Film lasts - if its important, or I think I may want to keep it long term, I'll back up the shot with film.

Well I am a newbie here but not new to photography. I use both digital and film. Photography-digital versus film is like the music industry--digital versus analog or CDs versus Vinyl. Teh fact is the music recorded on vinyl records is superior to any of eh digital recordins and not even close. However CDs and DVDs are so convenient and so portable. Then there are all these small devices and Iphones, I pads that play music and hold 3000 or more songs and can be plugged into a larger box so to speak and produce music ina room. But the fact still reamins that digital music is still second best to analog recordings. Software has turned the photography world into the need for the perfect picture according to software. It also has increased the creative opportunities that were non-existent before. However, when you look at a picture how much of it truly existed or is real? And in some cases when a scene was truly reality and teh camera duplicates tht reality exactly it is scrutinized from a software perspective and questioned why is there a reflection off teh water as an example--yes interesting. There is teh photographer who wants to duplicate teh scene as he saw it and then ther is the photogrpher who wants to make it look perfect as he perceives it--all very interesting.

I have many friends producing new vinyl records. They vastly prefer it.

The best rock and roll recording studio in Chicago uses 2 inch analog tape recording. The studio is used by many major artists, with a waiting list.

I just shot the center fold for a 2 disc vinyl 33 LP. In all fairness I did shoot digital.

Ooh, the mailman just delivered 6 mint 3.25 x 4.25 film holders. I need to open this box.

Are dreams analog or digital?

hahaha good question, certainly they must be analog or I have a big problem. Well, I have a huge collection of vinyl and also music CDs. I am a tenor and have been singing since I was about 19, and before that I studied and played the trumpet. My father and four of his brothers were also tenors. We sang for many years mainly for private accomplishment but we also sang individually for various things, restaurants, weddings, so forth. So music, recordings, and singing, were an intense interest. Getting back to Analog versus digital recordings----at first the music engineers swore digital was superior in everyway and several years later they admitted that "digital is almost as good as analog". This was no surprise to musicians and people that went to live accoustic performances---they new this for years.

Most people here know I use both. I don't use 35mm much. Medium format is great with so many affordable cameras.

I am just getting into 4x5. Right now I am waiting for an EBay 4x5 Horseman L in mint condition. My only regret is I did not discover large format years ago.

Actually it's hybrid 4x5 as I shoot Velvia and scan it. Very high IQ untouched by any digital camera I could ever afford.

I am waiting for a Nikon D800, but it will not come close to what 4x5 can do and will be digital waste in 10 years or less.

I really enjoy B&W home film development and traditional printing. A similar difference as digital fast food is to fine dining.

Just last night I won on eBay a tiny cheap little treasure. It is a 2x3 film developing holder for 12 sheets at once. Got 2 for $10 delivered!

This is great. As B&H still has 2x3 film I can shoot my Busch mini Pressman and easily develop the sheets.

In some ways I see this era as a golden moment to enjoy high end film cameras and techniques for cheap. Someday film cameras will be very rare. Not in my remaining time, but time destroys all old things.

I fondly remember coming of age in the 60's when I could buy an American hotrod convertible for $100. Drive it the rest of the way into the ground and then buy another. Now those same cars are scarce and very expensive.

I have a collector personality. I value old things and ways.

I also worry all our digital computers, cameras and vehicles could just stop working. I will keep my tube radios, film cameras, old motorcycles as usable as dry ammo.

I envy you your Horseman. I'm shooting a Yashica 124g and a Koni-Omega. What a machine!