Hobbes said:
Note the digitization in it as opposed to grain. This is digital photo and an example of why film cameras are better than digital cameras. This is coming from a photographer who knows digital is only better for its convenience.

pff... you're flatly wrong. my digital camera can make 11x14 prints without seeing "digitization". what you're seeing in this picture is the CCD compensating for low light levels.

for a film camera to work for this same shot you'd either need an inordinately long exposure time (to catch the low light details of the city) which would almost certainly blow out the highlights of the cat - not to mention the thing moving while you try to set up the tripod to avoid blurring... OR you would need inordinately high ISO film, which would throw an unseemly amount of grain into the picture.

i good quality modern digital camera is as good as a film camera in almost every situation, and better than a film camera in most. what you refer to as "convenience" is actually the difference of being able to get a shot and not. is it "convenient" to be able to adjust the ISO on the fly, or is it a tool that makes you more likely to be able to get a picture that you would otherwise miss?

i've done studio and action photography for years, and STILL have a minolta t-101 among modern film, and a good digital. digital wins hands down.

i remember years spent in the lab and STILL love the craft of mechanical photography, but digital is far FAR better.

Jaxinc said:
My Powershot S3IS always tossed grain into digital shots, while my SLR never has any. So quality/price is a deciding factor on that.^

My dad still prefers his Canon A1(not AE) SLR and I prefer my Rebel SLR.

my current favorite is still my little old cannon g9. i can do almost any of the shots most people would use a SLR for... except long shots... without the extra size and weight.

if you're seeing grain you probably need a longer exposure :(

another way to limit grain is through exposure bracketing. i often see grain start to show up when i have too broad a spread of light levels, or color saturation. if your camera can do exposure bracketing you essentially will take several pictures and combine them later on a computer. some people use it for HDR stuff, but you can also get more subtle results :)