- Usage of batteries varies between film and digital cameras. Disposable batteries used in a film camera far outlast a rechargeable battery in a digital camera that has to power an LCD screen and menus. Although rechargeable batteries are more environmentally friendly, a photographer is less likely to be caught with a dead battery in a film camera than a digital camera.
- Shooting high-speed film adds a grainy, gritty quality to images that can complement the subject matter, and be commended. Excessive graininess in digital photography creates a colorful mess of extraneous pixels in shadow areas that requires post-production manipulation.
- Seeing digital images immediately after they are shot equals instant gratification. But as a digital photographer scrolls through images shot mere seconds ago, they may miss the opportunity to photograph the next moment that is happening right in front of them. Time spent reviewing images could be spent shooting and capturing more memories. Since images cannot be instantly reviewed on film, the photographer is less likely to miss moments.
- Shooting film is a two step process; shoot and process. Images from a 35mm digital camera require post-production processing to enhance sharpness, saturation and color, just to name a few areas that can be manipulated. Although images directly from digital cameras can look good, many serious hobbyists, and professionals, spend time adjusting their images for optimum quality after they have been shot.
- The magic moment of finally seeing the printed outcome of your photographic efforts can't be replicated with digital. Although the wait can be as little as an hour with a quick photo lab, the magic of thumbing through a pile of pictures just isn't as satisfying when you've already viewed the thumbnails on the back of a digital camera. Film images still give the photographer a sense of achievement, since the roll isn't seemingly endless, like a high capacity digital media card.
