I think J felt the samee as you, he has both DSLRs and an old film camera and he really enjoyed shooting film but it got expensive real quick.

Yeah it's why I mostly switched to digital and use vintage lenses on them. I love film so much though, it's what I started with and I always enjoy it. The development here is quite cheap, and I think in the future I'd like to get my own scanner which would cheapen the whole thing even more. I would develop myself too but I don't have the space here, nor would I know where to get the chemicals. Seems like it's not too bad to buy film from England (instead of here) where it's about half the price.

I understand not liking being in photos (because same, I kind of tolerate it now because I like to pretend my kids and any descendents might appreciate it one day) but sometimes I think a lot of people have a very major case of spotlight effect XD

Yeah Armenia is very new to such concepts. When I first arrived I never saw anyone with a camera, and the tourist season here was still very small. But recently it has been picking up a lot. I see adults in the street doing photography, I see teenagers with little Canon's strapped around their necks. Everyone's suddenly got a camera and it's great to see. I think it will help relax the general environment the more people do it here and it becomes familiar.