As an established amateur I can see how film might work better for you, but digital is way more pleasant for a beginner. I only recently got into the hobby, an

As an established amateur I can see how film might work better for you, but digital is way more pleasant for a beginner. I only recently got into the hobby, and digital is a godsend because I get to experiment on the cheap — I don't feel like I'm wasting film if I take the same photo ten times from different angles, with different apertures, at different focal distances... I also get to go to my computer, take all the photos out, see what worked and what didn't, and get a lot more usable feedback much sooner.