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JamesRL
I snapped a few B&Ws today with my YashicaMat 124G, which is, at the moment, my only MF rig. When you're accustomed to a SLR, a TLR is...well, a challenge.
FWIW, I agree with you that you can be as deliberate with digital as with film, and I believe most good photographers are. What separates the really good photographers from hacks like me is not the medium, but the vision. Seeing light and shadow and texture and composition and all the rest is the key. Besides, the end of the film era saw 35mm cameras with nearly as much automation as a lot of digi cams have today.
I hope I haven't given the impression here that I view digital photography as some sort of substandard version of the real thing. I don't. I just happen to enjoy fully-manual film gear. There are probably some folks who enjoy riding the old high-wheel bikes. The fact that they enjoy that is not an indictment of you modern whippersnappers and your Safeties. Same with me and my Pentaxes.
I used my Yashicamat for landscapes and formal portraits, usually on a tripod. Takes some getting used to but you can get great results. Mine needs a new shutter.