For me digital was a real revolution, I had been shooting with Minolta gear for a while but found the cost of film and processing was quite restricting. I was just looking into getting a dark room set up when the prices of DSLRs started to come down so I decided to wait for a while and see. About four years ago I finally cracked and went digital buying a Canon 300D and giving up on Minolta who still hadn't launched a DSLR.
The flexability and cost (per shot) of digital allowed me to finally have a go at photographing birds. Since then I have got more and more interested in photography and spent lots of time and money on it. The instant results and the ability to change settings (inc ISO) on the fly are all big advantages of digital, I'd really struggle to go back to film now. I like the fact that in full manual a DSLR is basically point and shoot, but you also have the option to control everything yourself.
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