After a couple of weeks of toying around with film.. I must say, I can't help but feel disappointed.

Maybe it's too soon to say so, or maybe I'm just not familiar enough with film. But its main benefits - much better highlights and larger print size - just do not justify its clumsiness, its higher risk factor for accidentally ruined shots, and development costs.

It takes a trained eye to see the difference between film and digital. It looks slightly different.. but we're getting more and more used to seeing the smooth, fresh colors of digital that I think very soon film will be restricted to just the area of fine art.

But.. oh well, maybe I just haven't experimented enough yet.

But the costs of experimenting with film is scary. It goes in chucks of $20.. for film, and developing.

I'm starting to develop a phobia of it.