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Every time I allow myself to get excited about a new digital camera I end up having this same argument with myself.
The quality of the image for my old Nikon (or any other SLR) film camera is "film specific." The quality of image from digital cameras is "camera specific." You could make arguments around the perimeter but I think this is true (lenses being equal).
I can go into my camera store and purchase a roll of 36 Kodak Portra 160 asa film (or Fuji) for about $7.50. With this film I can compete with any six mega pixel digital camera on quality. What I gain with the digital is not image quality but convenience. So what's that worth to me I ask. So far the answer has been, If the quality is the same I need more than just convenience before I drop a grand or two or three. Do you need a new flash attachment, more card storage, different lenses, might as well get a new bag?
Some day soon I will succumb.
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Mike McCarty
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