Part of the film development process involves the lab applying artistic decisions to your film. These decisions cannot be undone. The same is true for artisan p

Part of the film development process involves the lab applying artistic decisions to your film. These decisions cannot be undone. The same is true for artisan photo printing labs. You have complete control and infinite redo capability with digital process. I bought a Canon T2i with the EF 50-1.4 lens (far more expensive than the usual recommended EF-50 1.8) for $250 a few years ago. Although camera bodies do not deteriorate except when buying a heavily used camera with 20000+ shutter clicks, they still depreciate in value like all other consumer electronics. Consumer camera bodies have long since reached the "good enough" point for most users and now are just minor incremental evolutions. For Canon, that happened with the Canon XSi that introduced drastically improved autofocus and low light capabilities and especially the T2i that introduced full 1080p HD video support (T1i supported 1080 video but not at 30fps). This T2i replaced my previous Canon camera. My photography is effectively free. Let's just not talk about my lights and lenses... The magic machine is called the C-41 process and they exist. :)