I agree, to an extent. The anticipation is not there....it's too "immediate" and that does take some of the "excitement" out of it.
But, It's a whole lot less costly/painful now. No more "entire roll messed up". No opening the back to find the roll still "out". No disappointment that none of the "great pictures" are great. The ability to see that they are not great immediately and try to adjust (the notepad was never "fun" for me). No cost of film/bulbs/chemicals etc etc. No dependence on labs to develop the roll right. No chemical/enlarger expenses....
I take better pics in the camera now (due to instant results/adjusting) and I can still be just as involved(or more) in the "development" of the pics (now it's with software and not an enlarger/chemicals)
I think you are just suffering from nostalgia. It wasn't that great.
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