Totally agree with all the above. I came back to film in 2014 and have flitted from colour to B&W and many fads and variations along the way. There has been waste and dead ends.
My only comment would be to suggest that maybe the new photographer should ask what they want from it? I started logically, permanently borrowed the Old Boys Ensign, bought a refurbished FED, put new film through both and had them professionally processed and scanned . Both cameras can produce a good image.
I last processed a film in 1990 so knew roughly what was needed. I wanted to do colour so just did. Learned the hard way that temperature control is important. I am learning scanning (sorry, are we allowed to say that?) from scratch.
Thing is, I aren't too bothered if most images turn out imperfectly so long as I can work out why. If I wanted the picture that badly I'd fire up the EOS. One of those journey vs destination type questions for me.
Andy
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