[Crotographer]

It is more about the eye of the photographer and what you intend to portray. So you want certain highlights at the sacrifice of shadow? Or, vice versa. I want to take an exception with you as to film being easier to expose than digital.

Two things. Digital requires metering for highlights. Film (print, not chromes) requires metering for shadow. The math comes in when you have to decide the films latitude versus the f stop you want to use after deciding the DOF needed for the exposure. They are all different. Photography is as much science as art. Caution how you practice will give you a great future.