Originally posted by Nick Siebers 
I've shot 4-5 rolls of slide film. The little slides on the light table blow me away, they look awesome. But then I have them printed and/or scanned, and the results are less sharp, less colorful, less good. I got a bag of 20-30 rolls of expired slide film that I was going to shoot for kicks, but the disappointment going from slide to print has me holding off.
You can get results from scanned slides that equal the appearance of the originals. However, that requires the services of a skilled scanner operator, a very good scanner, significant Photoshop skills, and a properly implemented colour management system. This gets costly if you're paying someone else, and takes some money and a lot of learning time if you do it yourself. In my view, most people are better off shooting digital. You still have to learn some serious skills to get the most out of images, but at least you're not spending a small fortune on film while learning!
I've been doing all my own scanning and image editing as a professional since the mid-90s, but I've replaced 35mm colour with digital. I still shoot quite a bit of 35mm black and white as well as medium format colour and black and white.
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