[Dave Canon]

Perhaps we all remember the good things about the film era and forget the bad.

The fact is that more techniques are now available to more people though few of them will put in the effort to really learn about photography and post processing. Of course those of us who used film and cameras without auto focussing/metering do have an advantage that we had to learn these skills. Some more recent photographers are trying to learn these skills by using their cameras on manual and experimenting with settings to gain this valuable experience. I also know some digital photographers (who missed the film era) obtain a film camera for a period just to go through the experience.

I think digital photography is much more interesting now due to the greater opportunities. It is amazing the number of older Camera Club members ,who had finally hung up their cameras, who have since bought digital cameras and come back with a vengence and renewed interest.