Not to derail the discussion even more, but I love what digital has done for photography.
It’s democratized (for lack of a better word) the ability to take and share pictures in a wonderful way.
I got into photography back in the days when I had to scrape up the money for when I wanted to shoot a couple rolls of film and maybe make some prints. Lord help me if I wanted to shoot Velvia and print THOSE.
Now someone can get a camera from Target/Amazon/B&H for dirt cheap (or use their phone) and pull off damn nice shots for essentially nothing and show the world. And print them for about nothing if they so choose.
My wife never really owned a camera when she was younger, so the first one she ever used on a regular basis was one I gave her prior to a vacation we took together some years back.
When I “processed” the pics at home from me and from her, it was amazing. She was a total natural, and uninhibited in just shooting away at what she thought would look cool rather than having to “worry” like I used to about how much film I was using.
She’s a way better natural photographer than me. Especially travel.
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