Originally posted by ua549
The digitals will never match the quality and variety of film especially when shooting at night in the dark.
A digital camera can't produce infrared shots as my 35mm camera can with Kodak HSI film.
A digital camera can't produce night street shots as my 35mm camera can with Kodak T-Max P3200 speed film can.

If one is simply going to take snapshots to put on a computer, a digital camera has some advantages because a computer video (even the best) can't compare to high definition film. There is a reason the medical imaging still relys on film.

*edit* The above shots look OK on a computer screen, but I'm sure they don't when printed at 11x17.
First of all, my Canon 10D through S-Spline looks better at 20x30 than my EOS-1n does with 100 speed film. Same lens, same developer.

Infrared effects are quite easily replicated in post processing with a couple different plug-ins. Not cheap, but if you like infrared, they're the ticket.

The new 1D Mark II does amazing work at high ISO's, and certainly is less grainy than TMAX 3200.

Medical imaging isn't relying on film anymore. Much of it is going digital, and only going to film when absolutely necessary.