So there we were on the summit of Cadillac Mountain, the highest elevation in the state of Maine, looking out across Bar Harbor toward the Atlantic Ocean. The view was spectacular.
I had my Nikon Z5 out and I was snapping away left and right. You get a photo, you get a photo, you get a photo, BAM BAM BAM photos of everything! Oh, some other visitor stepped in front of me while I was pressing the shutter? No problem! Just line up the shot and take it again. Life is good!
Then I switched to my Nikon FG-20, loaded with Fuji Superia Xtra. I carefully line up a shot. Check the light meter, check the aperture, check the shutter speed, focus and refocus repeatedly. Snap. Wind the film to the next frame. Line up a second shot. Check the light meter, check the aperture, check the shutter speed, focus and refocus repeatedly. Snap, but just as a depress the shutter release button some numbnutz walks in front of me. MUTHAFUCKA YOU JUST COST ME ONE FRAME OF FILM! Quietly fantasize about throwing said numbnutz off the side of the mountain. Then line up the shot again and…
Yeah, that’s the difference. It’s a subtle difference, but it’s there.
Inside the Red Head's Head 
So true. I wanted to push many people off of the mountains outside of Hot Springs, AR.
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I really enjoy digital because of that…I know film is classic and some say better but the easiness of editing and do overs is hard to complain about.
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Actual film! It’s been years since my old Canon camera broke down and I moved on to digital for good. I remember those days of taking pictures and just praying one or two of them came out the way I wanted them too. Even now I have a Canon digital and my IPhone 13 plus and the IPhone is the only one that travels with me.
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I’ve become inured to the fact that people are unaware of what’s going on around them now, so sometimes I get the odd intruder and it’s ok. Life’s too short. 😉
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