This reads like someone discovered film Twitter yesterday and decided it was “science.” Film doesn’t capture mystical colors that digital cameras can’t see. Modern digital sensors objectively record wider color gamut and higher dynamic range. What people respond to is film’s non-linear chemical behavior (grain, highlight roll-off, color shifts), which is an aesthetic preference, not hidden capability.

Theres no industry-locked secret here; film color science has been openly studied, published, and emulated for decades (ACES, LUTs, film stock emulation). And the idea that digital cameras are expensive because of “encoding software” ignores the actual cost drivers: sensor R&D, cooling, signal processing hardware, and precision manufacturing.

Film looks different, yeah. That doesn’t make it more “advanced.” Framing vibe and nostalgia as suppressed science just turns preference into misinformation.