Originally Posted by Nightshade
But digital still has some very serious limitations. i realize it is convenient but getting film like texture and grain out of a digital is near impossible regardless of how much the camera cost.
I used to shoot with a FM2n, later FM3a and F100. Now I shot mainly with a Canon EOS 1V. But I prefer to shoot my EOS 10D for anything and everything.
After awhile the advantage and speed of digital outweigh the waiting and speculations of film. Not to mention the instaneous experimentation with digital. Not to mention the fact that I love to shoot an insane number of exposures (in one concert event I shot close to 3,000 photos). Film is just not possible when I want to shoot outside my work as a hobby. A more affordable way, which is digital, is a life saver. Not to mention the ease of storage in hard drive (back up on CD of course!)
I don't see digital has any real limitations now a day. It's blow ups are great, if not better than most 135 film I've shot. I don't really want grain in my shots. The latitude might be a problem to some, but if you know the exposure then it is not bad. Flash, however, is not user friendly unless you know what you are doing.
Well at least for color anyway. For black and white nothing beats Tri-X400. Hehehe. T-max was fine-grain but an ass to develop perfectly. But now aday I just transfer the digital files into BW and try my best to make it look BW with level in PS.