There's something special about film that drew me back starting in 2017.
The first step was noticing that cameras I could only dream of owning 20 years before were dirt cheap, or in some instances free. My first score was 3 fully functioning Nikon F4's, delivered to me in a plastic shopping bag free of charge.
So, I bought some film. And after developing my first roll of HP5 I realized how much has been sacrificed for the sake of ease of use and technical perfection.
Film is imperfect. And you only have a given number of frames in a roll, so you better think about what you're shooting. And, no matter how good your grasp of the media is, what you have is at least somewhat of a mystery until you pull it out of the tank, not to mention sometimes forgetting where or when you shot the roll. I like all of those things! And I like the process that goes along with it.
I shoot primarily B&W, with Nikon F5's and Pentax 645's. I develop my film at home using a variety of developers depending on how I want things to look. I scan my film with a Nikon D800E (use a camera that doesn't utilize a low pass filter) on a copy stand I built (finally nailed a decent design after a few attempts). I can get tack sharp grain with my setup. I print on a Canon Pro 1000.
Kevin