There are many reasons to try out SLR film cameras. With SLR you have complete control over the exposure and ultimately over the final product unlike point-and-shoot models. With film you can achieve effects impossible to find through digital photography.

Since you can control every stage of the picture-making process from focusing a lens to printing in a darkroom, the feeling of accomplishment is much higher than simply printing pictures with a memory card and a click of the mouse.

If you are bored with digital, or you want to try something a little more hands-on than point-and-shoot, film SLR is great to experiment with. There are countless ways to take a picture with an SLR film camera, and each way will produce a different end product. Unlike digital cameras you cannot see the picture you just took and try again, making film photography a much more challenging and skill-based activity. Also unlike automatic cameras, you have to manually adjust many of the camera's settings to adapt to different situations, making good judgment and knowledge vital.