[Bokanovsky]

I'm a hobbyist photographer. I still shoot film, although not with a Hasselblad. The reason I do it is that I like the aesthetic, different films also have different types of grain. Shooting film also slows me down. Each shot is going to cost me money to process, so I take my time to see a scene unfold and compose my shot. I always carry a digital camera when I'm out and about just in case I see something interesting, but when I shoot film I always take a camera out with the intention of taking an interesting photo.

Also shooting with medium format film, it allows me to get higher resolution than a similar priced digital camera. Digital Medium format cameras exist but are significantly more expensive compared to an old film one.

Certain film cameras in good condition are getting hard to find, so they either hold their price or go up. Sometimes if an influential film camera blogger mentions a particular camera that too can cause the prices to spike as well.

I've often heard a comparison to using film is similar to vinyl records.