Photography has been a big hobby of mine. You can see some of my film photography over at http://www.zothcorp.com/photos/ http://www.zothcorp.com/photos/. That

Photography has been a big hobby of mine. You can see some of my film photography over at http://www.zothcorp.com/photos/ http://www.zothcorp.com/photos/. That being said, I recommend everyone who's serious about learning photography start shooting with a digital camera, then switch over to a film camera. Digital is a great to learn exposure, because you get results so quickly. You can see immediately the effects of over or under exposure. But film has a much greater latitude than digital. That is, it's very easy to blow out your highlights on a digital camera. Have whites that are completely white and ugly. With film you get a nice curve on your highlights, and so you can preserve more detail. You also get that thing called grain, and a physical product. Shooting film costs more, but you can get great results with less computer editing. But really, there is no great battle. There's a place for both. My own personal preference has been film for black and white, digital for color.