I far prefer digital for a number of reasons:
Firstly the cost. When shooting a wedding I can take extra shots to make sure I get the one I want (the cost of film limits this somewhat), on a short coverage I'd expect to take 600+ shots and on a full day probably double that. When shooting a full day with two shooters we will normally take over 2000 shots, there's no way I'd do that on film.
Secondly and probably most importantly is the ability to alter ISO on the fly, to move from a dark venue shooting at ISO3200 outside into the sun and be able to flick down to ISO200. I also love how clean the high ISO images are, at 3200 I don't touch the files with any NR and there's no noise issue when printed.
Lastly I like the fact that I am in control of the images from start to finish - I take the shots, process them in lightroom and then get them printed in a pro lab with the instructions to print without adjusting - this means that the photos that the client ends up with are exactly how I want them to look.
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