Dynamic Range
It's funny, some of the reasons I love analogue photography are it's flaws. This may not sound as crazy as it many originally seem if you consider that many of the 'filters' available for photos today try to recreate some of said flaws.
Dynamic range is not a flaw, per se, but the high dynamic range of film allows for the capture interesting images even when you've completely messed up the settings, or the light is doing ridiculous things with your subject.
Depth Of Field
Up until recently, 'full frame' digital cameras were beyond most people's budgets, as were lenses with fast apertures (perhaps with the exception of nifty-fifty lenses like the Canon 50mm F/1.8). These two factors - sensor size and wide apertures - determine how shallow a depth of field you can achieve in a photo. The third factor is focal length. Consequently, only people with high end digital equipment could achieve the very shallow DOF you see in some portrait photographs that are often perceived as 'professional'.
Shallow DOF was commonplace in the film world. 35mm film is 'full frame'. 120mm film is even larger and can achieve even shallower DOF. Fast vintage lenses are also a lot cheaper than digital ones.
Light Leaks and Streaks
This is a major flaw of analogue photography. If your camera has a leaky back, or you accidentally open the back of the camera before fully rewinding the film, you end up with light-damaged images. The damage can range from small streaks to a complete washout of the entire image.
At times you would get something interesting though. Something unique and unrepeatable. Some kind of beautiful accident.
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