Rork, for me it's a matter of necessity. The biggest advantage that (small format) film offers over digital is the level of creative control you get in the darkroom. I simply have no space here for a darkroom setup. The biggest disadvantage of most digital cameras, for me, is that you can't use the nice 35mm lenses with them (unless, as you say, you're willing to spend lots of money for a D1x). That's why, for my purposes, a good solution would be a digital conversion of a regular SLR. P.S. I really would like to set up a darkroom. So much so that I'm tempted to set one up in my bathroom! :-)