Digital noise is almost like a faint drizzle over a photo, it’s there but it’s pretty uniform and it doesn’t carry a story. A 35mm negative has grain that feels almost like a hand‑painted texture – each speck is a little detail, a tiny memory of the chemical process. It’s not random, it has a rhythm, a weight, a quiet history in each frame. With a sensor, the noise can feel a bit like static, clean and almost clinical, so it’s easier to shoot but it’s missing that subtle, almost tactile depth that makes a film image feel alive. I still love the way a roll of film captures the light, the way the grain can give the scene a breath of its own.