Feel free to add to this GRIPE, if you feel the same way I do.

I started taking photographs 57 years ago with a Zeiss Ikon rangefinder 35 mm film camera.

I developed my own film and printed black and white photos for around 15 years, having moved to a few better cameras in the process.

1st upgrade was a Honeywell Pentax SLR with 35 mm, 55 mm and 135 mm lenses.

Later to a Nikon FM2 with 28 mm, 55 mm, 135 mm, and 200 mm.

Using every conceivable type of film possible.

I did portraiture, weddings, anniversary parties, Nature, you name it I just about photographed it.

This was all a hobby for me, I was only a professionally employed photographer for about 2 months, long story (won't go into that).

My GRIPE is what the camera companies did and did not do, and there missed opportunities when they developed DSLR cameras.

Now I would like to say, my camera bag had many varieties of film always ready for any occasion.

And when I would compose and shoot the image, I stopped using a light meter many years ago, as I was as accurate as my Lunapro would say for a certain scene.

Retired, I was given a DSLR 35 mm size Nikon for a Christmas present, with 2 lenses. It was a bundle.

So here are some GRIPES:

1: After so many years of shooting film, I knew which film to grab for what occasion, and what ASA would work the best for that situation. DSLR camera makers should have given the owners of these cameras, a set of film types, to choose from, and the camera would mimic the results of those types of film. So If I wanted to use a Fuj1 400, I could choose that in a menu, and the camera would act as if I had Fuji 400 in the camera.

2: I have a lot of very good camera equipment, that is now like the old toys in Toy Story, that FM2 is a wonderful camera, and Nikon should have made it possible for owners of their cameras, to send them in to be retrofitted with DSLR innards.

3: Feeling stupid, because the instruction are printed for someone that can read and follow instructions. I cannot, I am a visual learner, I learn by watching, and by doing. My camera has charts and graphs and histograms??????
I would just like to not feel so stupid, and be able to create those great pictures that I did with my film cameras.

4: Using this Nikon DSLR it almost like a chore, the ASA is off the wall, and I try to think what can this camera do for me, I know there are great possibilities, but 1/2 the time, I cannot find the right setting is in in Wrenches, or the Camera body?

5: I believe if a camera company, made the adjustments, that I have stated, being able to mimic film, by choosing the type of film in a menu, VPS, Tri-X, Kodacolor, Fuji 200, etc. I think that would go a long way to help older film camera users be able to accomplish getting the most out of their cameras.

Brent, please stop being such a mean spirited jerk. It is you, sadly that doesn't have a clue.

Read this: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/26/film-vs-digital-a-comparison-of-the-advantages-and-disadvantages/ before you even think about responding.

Film and digital both have a place, and it has certainly taken digital up until about now to catch up with film unless we are looking at medium and large format film cameras. That said your analysis of the situation is not accurate, your arrogant and self absorbed attitudes coupled with insulting comments are totally unprofessional and unhelpful.

You just seem to a bitter, angry old man that has nothing worthwhile left to offer the community. By all means go make your money, but stop spreading uninformed opinions and demeaning others. True professionals do not do that. A true professional is more than just someone that gets paid. A true professional is an inspiration to others. You, Sir, are not that person.

You may find that your future profession is as a pizza delivery person or an Uber or Lyft driver. That may bring your attitudes down by more than a notch or two. Until self driving vehicles take even that income opportunity away.

Brent, please stop being such a mean spirited jerk. It is you, sadly that doesn't have a clue.

Read this: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/26/film-vs-digital-a-comparison-of-the-advantages-and-disadvantages/ before you even think about responding.

Film and digital both have a place, and it has certainly taken digital up until about now to catch up with film unless we are looking at medium and large format film cameras. That said your analysis of the situation is not accurate, your arrogant and self absorbed attitudes coupled with insulting comments are totally unprofessional and unhelpful.

You just seem to a bitter, angry old man that has nothing worthwhile left to offer the community. By all means go make your money, but stop spreading uninformed opinions and demeaning others. True professionals do not do that. A true professional is more than just someone that gets paid. A true professional is an inspiration to others. You, Sir, are not that person.

You may find that your future profession is as a pizza delivery person or an Uber or Lyft driver. That may bring your attitudes down by more than a notch or two. Until self driving vehicles take even that income opportunity away.

When I shot film, I had to carry 4-6 bodies, (high and low speed film, B&W, color print, color slide), in order to have all possibilities at my fingertips when the photo-op presented itself. Then, it was decide which lens to put on which body, and switch all around if I wanted different options, all for the same shot, and never really knowing until a week or more later, (when the rolls were finished, sent out & returned) whether I had actually nailed the exposure/composition/froze the action! Now, 1 DSLR body 2 lenses, and I have more versatility than I could ever have had back then. (Not to mention built-in flash, Wifi, Bluetooth, NFC, AND video!) Still have my FM2 and F3, but they don't see much use any more. (PS- Google "Silver Efex" if you want to change your digital photos to your favorite film look.)