yeah, I bought a DSLR before a film SLR, then learned the basics of aperature, shutter speed, iso, etc. Then I moved on to a film SLR. went with canon because I had already bought a couple basic lenses for my digital rebel. Now, the guys at the camera store gave me an AWESOME deal on my film camera. I got the camera below cost, and a kick ass lense at cost. They were clearing out the last of their 35mm's. I slapped that new lense on my DSLR and wow. Big difference
the funny thing is, my film camera, which I only paid $300 for, has features $10,000 DSLR's don't have. It tracks my eyeball to figure out where to focus. I look where I want to focus. Actually, it's more like I just think where I want to focus, it works so well. Canon Elan 7NE. Nice film camera.
yeah, dust inside a DSLR sucks. I've had to clean my rebel's CCD twice now. It's not hard, but it makes me nervous every time I have to do it. And high-iso grain sucks in digital, too. film grain looks good. digital grain looks like crap.
I've used 4x5 view cameras, where grain = non-existant
.oO(call me spoiled)
One thing I'm leary about still with sony is lense availability. You can get some VERY good lenses used if you shop around, but only with major brands like Canon, Minolta, or Nikon. I'd choose a brand where the lense market is already flooded so you can reap the pre-owned savings.
Or get a REAL camera
http://www.thecamerastore.com/Produc...roductID=25457 lol
this is my next camera I'm buying, along with a whackload of pre-owned darkroom equipment so I can do stuff at home instead of at school.