Going Back To Film

In the current digital age, shooting images has become as easy like breathing and literally, the cameras these days are more capable of doing things that other photographers once had a hard time figuring out.

- Mrinmoy Choudhury

Before everything transitioned to digital, photography existed but only in the hands of those who knew what it was and how was it to be done. Having a lot of cool cameras was not an option and only a handful of people could afford cameras if they could really shoot with them. The main reason being that the cameras of the past were fully analogue or what we call manual cameras. These cameras used film (35mm/120) and you could only get a handful of images from every roll of film. Shooting film is also not everyone’s cup of tea and so the famous photographers we idolise now were those among the handful in the past who used to shoot.

Shooting film is not only a slow process as you cannot see or review your images after you have shot but also the wait for the pictures to be developed and then printed. The entire process was tedious and entirely manual from shooting to printing. All this made photography exclusive unlike now where every individual is able to afford a camera. But analogue cameras meant strict business and only those who are professionally sound with photography can attempt to go back and shoot film again.