Very interesting thread!
I came from digital to film (against the grain, i know!) and loving it. There's a reason that '70s cameras still fetch a good price these days is because of their endearing (and enduring) qualities, for comparison, I can't think how much my Oly E-300 will be priced on eBoy 30yrs from now... 50 cents??
Whenever I got a new equipment itch (computers, cameras, etc.) I forced myself to sit down and look at what i've done with what i have, not all of them, just the best of the bunch. (And joe, I *know* you have extensive collection of cameras just by reading your posts on this forum, i can't start to imagine how many "best shots" you've got to reminisce with).
That almost always stopped me (and bring some good memories back) and I'll be content without the new thing (at least for a while 😉
As far as hating processing, why not consider the C-41 films? (this may be blasphemy in this forum, but hey, shoot me ... [with an XA, preferably], I'm new here and once more: i came from digital to film, not too long ago).
With C-41 films like Ilford XP-2 or Kodak BW400CN, I don't worry about processing, just send it to minilab and bypass printing, put it on CD! Zero effort on my side except earning a living to pay for it.
Then, I can look at my best shots quickly on my monitor using the rather low-resolution minilab scans and then decide which ones I like best, then someday (itsuka...) God may bless me with a Nikon Coolscan and I can scan the best frames at hi-resolution.
As for offloading stash of films, we'll see in the next 6 months if I get deeper into the "self-developing" pool 🙂 I may be in the market to take some of those from your hands.
Peace!
