I was raised on film. I shot Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid cameras as a kid. A little later I inherited an unused Canon FT, still in the box. I still have the negatives in a box somewhere waiting to be scanned. I also still have the FT and it still works.

In my early teens, I took a summer class and fell in love with photography. I made a pinhole camera out of a Quaker Oats box. I shot a parked motorcycle. Halfway through the exposure, the owner got on, kick started it, and drove away, leaving a ghost on film. I learned how to develop negatives and print from an enlarger in that summer class so long ago. I can still smell the chemicals.

I've never had full-time access to a darkroom. I used to work in a drug store in my teens an early twenties, with send-out photo service. I used to hate waiting for the prints. I still hate to wait. When I shoot film now, I get the files put directly on CD, not much different than using digital in my opinion, yours may vary :)

Do I miss the days of enlargements from negatives? For nostalgia and cost reasons, yes. The local pro shop prints from digital files and their high res scanning prices...ouch.

The F4 is my go-to- film camera. I absolutely love it. The Nikon and the all manual FT are worlds apart. Do I really want to deal with mercury battery work-around issues and stop-down metering? No. Do I want to guess at the exposure and wait to see if it comes out? Nope. External meter? Not really. Fortunately, I don't have to worry any of that with the F4 and it is about as easy to shoot, develop and print as my D300, just maybe a little more costly. One hour is a manageable wait, even for me.

Maybe one day, I'll end up scanning those FT negatives. More than likely, I'll end up scanning the prints. They're only needed for web viewing anyway. Most of them will probably just stay in the box.

I have bought and sold a dozen or so film cameras over the last several years, but I'll never get rid of the FT or F4.

TL; DR Version: I love both film and digital. What I choose to shoot with, at any given time, comes down to time, cost, space issues and my current mood.