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Still in question is the true archival abilities of digital images, by true I mean other than what those selling the eqip. are saying. It's been sayed that an entire generation will lose it's memories witht he rise of digital into the marketplace.
If you are looking to make prints at home; a digital "darkroom" as it were, there is a much deeper investment in equipment, supplies, and software that needs to be considered. If you're having your prints processed at a lab, there's really no advantage to either medium, since to final output arrives on true photo paper.
The death of film is nowhere in sight; consider that you can still purchase 110 film, and reports of it's demise most likely are rooted in marketing by digital product companies. The point and shoot market has, and will continue to go all digital, these are the snapshooters and "simple" rules this market. The film market is currently and will continue to divide into two distinct markets; snapshooters and throw-away users who will buy the chaeper films and the throw-away cameras, and the advanced amatuer+ crowd who will continue to migrate to the more advanced and pro films. At the very least, one should shoot with several pro level films before committing full digital.
I have arsenals of each EOS and FD gear plus some other '60's 35mm gear which satisfies the collector in me, I shoot them all and they all produce excellent photos. By far the most common thing you'll see stuck to my face is a T90 with a 35-105 mounted, followed by my EOS 3 with a variety of long glass mounted. I had the 10D for a while but once the newness of the gagetry wore off, I was quickly bored with the digital side; I do carry with me a Nikon Coolpix which I use in place of carrting a Polaroid plus for e-mail destined snapshots.
All of that being said: You can't go wrong building a system of modern high-quality Canon or Nikon lenses around either a film or digital body because using both mediums is just a matter of buying the other body; good glass and far more a good eye/brain are what produce great photographs, the camera is just a box to keep them in.
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