Been awhile since I have frequented these forums...nice to be back.
Film versus Digital is only one half of your conundrum...there is also the question of mechanical versus electronic.
Anyone who is into photography should be doing both film and digital by now...digital simply makes the learning process much easier since you get immediate results.
However, taking the lessons I have learned from wristwatches, one should not make the decision about mechanical cameras lightly.
Twisting a quote I have used many times on wristwatch forums "If you leave an electronic camera and a mechanical camera in a drawer for 100 years, which one will have a better chance of being operational when it gets picked up?"
With 3d printing systems still in their infancy it is possible that mechanical systems may be serviceable "forever" while electronic systems are not as simple to replicate. Not to mention the realities of cameras getting left somewhere with the batteries still in them.
In general, the inception of mechanical systems came before modern engineering techniques and thus don't suffer from built in obsolescence. In other words, electronic systems are meant to remain energized and used were as mechanical systems often do not have this requirement.
Just my 2 cents.
Hedghog
