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Well, I went digital around 4.5 years ago and have never looked back. A mate of mine stuck with film and swore his Leica R9 was the only camera he ever needed, along with his Leica prime optics. We had many an argument about b/w film vs. digital conversion and it almost came to blows at time. I have 6 16x20 b/w prints on my lounge wall that he had to admit he couldn't tell whether they were film based or digital. He said no more about it. 3 months ago he emailed me and said he had mothballed his Leica R9 and convinced his long suffering wife that he needed to go digital. He bought a Canon 7d and top of the range EFS lens and has now repented on his previous statements and agrees he can't tell the difference between his b/w conversions and those he did with film. I never rubbed it in, but I did give a little smug grin when he wasn't looking. Now I can't stop him talking about digital, his getting used to Photoshop, and the ability to process his raw films in the way he did his negatives. Film is dead, well at least the 35mm format. Medium format will take a bit longer to put down, but it won't last forever. Now large format will be another thing altogether, but even that will have its day sooner or later.
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