Andrew - No offense taken from your suggestion & I hope you don't take offense from my honest response:

The answer to your question is no, I would not be taking 200-300 photos a day if I was using film. And for that very reason, I consider the use of digital memory as a photographic recording medium to be a great liberator. I don't have to be stingy about how many shots I take. I can shoot portrait & landscape versions, I can shoot from multiple angles, I can try different exposure settings, I can zoom in really close, I can shoot very wide panoramas, I can get a shot with a person in it & without. Also, I'm usually traveling with other people & taking the time to set up the perfect shot isn't always practical. Another factor for me personally is that my eyesight isn't really good enough to tell whether I've gotten a good shot on a 3 inch LCD screen. And, finally, I don't want to cut down on post production time. I consider the photos I take just the beginning of the process & I really enjoy the creative aspects of postworking with software to create the best possible final image I can.

And, Wayne - I will NEVER take a trip to the Grand Canyon with you!