[hamitron]

The only reason it made sense to transition to digital is the workflow. Its more efficient to shoot weddings on digital so you can turn out a product faster.

[twblalock]

There are a lot of reasons it made sense: getting to see your photos instantly instead of waiting for (and paying for) film development, the ability to change the white balance after photos are taken, not lugging a bunch of film around, not worrying about airport x-rays ruining your film, getting a digital copy of your photos without using a scanner, and many other very big advantages.

[batbomb]

And the iPad

[hamitron]

x-rays don't ruin film

[lb1lf]

That depends. A lot of older X-ray machines were designed on the more is MORE philosophy, definitely ruining most film.

The fine print on so-called ‘film safe’ machines typically state they won’t visibly affect film slower than ISO800, inclusive.

(Plus, the damage is accumulated, so if you lug a lot of film through a lot of airports, you will get the occasional nasty surprise.)

That being said, I’ve never had any problems having my film -when I travel with it- inspected manually.

[toomanybeersies]

Cost and flexibility when shooting (adjustable ISO, no need to pause to change rolls) are actually the bigger advantages.

You can turn out photos in film about as fast as digital. I can get a roll developed, scanned, and online in about 20 minutes.

[jacobush]

You are fast. For me it's more like 2 hours at least. You have a Pakon?