Originally posted by P. Soo I found that if I tried to enhance an image from film, my options were limited and I never could produce a significantly better image than the original. With digital, it was far far easier. I could sharpen an image, produce beautiful sunsets when the original scene was uninspiring, easily delete objects that I didn't want in the picture, correct lens deficiencies, and even changed architectural perspectives from what the naked eye sees. All this can be done easily to produce vastly enhanced images.
You can do all this with film and a hybrid workflow. All my film is scanned by the lab - 645 frames come out at about 16mp, 6x9 frames about 30mp - and then I edit in ACR and Photoshop. Full digital images are probably technically 'better' but even scanned film has a certain look, particularly B&W - the fine grain TMax and Delta films are beautiful. Plus you get the joy of using classic precision instruments.
It's actually a great time to get into film, I bought an entire Mamiya M645 Pro system for the price of a good modern lens. And the manual was only 45 pages!
That being said, I still probably use my K-5 90% of the time...