He's speaking mostly from a theoretical perspective. For me, and everyone I know, the investment necessary for the super-pro equipment just isn't going to happe

He's speaking mostly from a theoretical perspective. For me, and everyone I know, the investment necessary for the super-pro equipment just isn't going to happen. That those things exist aren't really relevant to me. Then he says that digicams are more expensive, and that film cams and their lenses last forever. The thing is that, in general, the lenses for 35mm cams are generally usable for DSLRs as well. My Pentax DSLR can accept any lens ever made for any Pentax 35mm. While he does mention workflow as an advantage for digital, I think it deserves greater emphasis. That's not just because there's no need to send out to a lab (or go in your own darkroom with all the chemicals). It's also because of the availability of tools like PhotoShop, allowing us to do all kinds of post-production. Basic editing like exposure correction you could do in the darkroom. But color balance pretty much requires that you shift to digital. And of course there's really fancy editing like removing unwanted objects, changing sharpness and contrast, etc. The extreme flexibility of digital images is a killer feature.