Wow. Interesting question. Being that Im sitting her scanning you’ve got my full attention so lets see if I can answer this….
I would say that for me it comes down to the magic of film. Sure I could use a digital camera take a picture, drop it into lightroom and edit it to a perfect curve, then throw on some filters to get a nice grain, throw in some contract and you get a close proximity to a film shoot.
But theres no magic in that for me.
The idea that I can only take a limited amount of shots per roll makes me take a few milliseconds more to compose the shot. It makes every shot I take better and its the magic between the film and light that creates the image.
The image is captured by a interaction of light and chemistry and I love that.
Then finally there is nothing better than finally getting images back from the lab. Its 36 frames of Christmas every time I get a roll.
Sure I pay more for film, sure I am limited by it, sure its more work, but all of it is worth it for the magic.