it's a little "uphill both ways in the snooowwwww" i know, but i do think that the photography course in HS where my parents told me that they would not let me use one of the DSLRs so i had to slum it on film..... ....was actually good for me in many respects. it helps to get to that mindset of "every single shot is using very limited resources, so BE CAREFUL" before jumping to digital and being able to just shotgun picture after picture.