[thaumasiotes]

> from the early days when everyone was skeptical of digital cameras, to the modern age when film is somewhat a niche hobby

Maybe film will come back. Digital cameras used to be a great idea. Now they get mainstream press coverage for things like

"California residents struggle to photograph the orange sky because their digital cameras won't allow the sky to be orange."

"Samsung will locate the moon in your pictures and replace it with stored stock photography of the moon."

"Samsung will add teeth to photographs of your infant."

I'd like it if my digital cameras wouldn't add information to the photo that wasn't present in the sensors. I don't think that's actually a minority view.

[RobotToaster]

>Maybe film will come back.

It's already been gaining popularity for years. I've read consumer[0] sales of instant film are the highest they've ever been.

Hell, digital cameras from 10-20 years ago are starting to be considered "retro", and zoomers are buying them.

[0] historically the majority of sales were apparently for professional/commercial purposes.

[wkat4242]

Of course any pro camera allows manual white balance.

The Samsung thing was indeed ridiculous yeah :) but again a pro camera wouldn't do this.

[throw0101c]

> Maybe film will come back.

Only with retro-hipsters and perhaps some niche applications. Digital is just more convenient and practical for 99.99999% of situations. (I say this as someone that worked at a photolab as a student.)