The nice thing about SF / Oakland / LA is absolutely no one is surprised by people walking around with very old film cameras. Many will even stop to ask ‘is this X model?’ Or ‘what film are you shooting’?
Film is so, so, so normal here (and there are lots of facilities, events, groups..)
Literally one time I was sitting outside a cafe watching YouTube and trying to load a A12 back and some person walked by and was like, I can show you if you like haha
