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Originally Posted by Alex1994
.....I learned all about aperture, depth of field, exposure, shutter speed, focus, ISO, zone system on a 35mm film SLR with negative film. ....
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So Did I Alex, and I agree that those cameras taught you/me/us in a way that the modern dSLR does not... However I believe that was NOT because they were film cameras ... but because they were manual cameras. My first 35mm SLR was manual focus and manual exposure control - no auto or semi auto mode. The only help you got was split screen focusing & match needle metering. Film & processing were both expensive (to me anyway) so this all forced you to think about what you were doing - choose your shutter speed & aperture, think about you composition etc in a way that that a dSLR doesn't. That said my keep rate was still only 3~5/roll
... but again I agree still better that I achieve now.
However your post has made me think .... how about this for an idea ... go out with the camera set on manual exposure and take just one 256 memory card
and see what you came back with.
BTW if your interest is B&W I can strongly recommend
Silver Efex Pro which can simulate all your B&W film styles, paper types and toning techniques from your digital files
. Not cheep but they offer a 15 day trial