Film Vs Digital Photography

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For digital photography - is "just like film" still the goal?

...or have we surpassed that? I am not trying to start a film vs. digital war, but I am asking whether you think digital photography is still chasing certain qualities of film imagery or if it has gone off in its own directions, with new standards.

"Grain," colors, sharpness, dynamic range...

Whatever you think of is valid, but please try to avoid elevated blood pressures and emotionally charged responses.
My point is NOT to decide whether film is better than digital or not! Please don't go there.

My question is whether you or not think that digital has arrived as its own medium, no longer feeling the pressureto "chase after film."

Yes, film is better and will always BE better at certain things, but digital is better at certain other things.

My point is to ask whether digital has matured into its own tree from the tree from which it fell or if it is still just the red-headed step-child, struggling for recognition in the world.

Just like film is still the goal until the prices of digital cameras decline and technology stabilizes, doesn't obsolete itself so quickly. Achieving something just like film is not available to most consumers unless they purchase expensive cameras, I believe in the $5000-$6000 range. I have a NikonD200, already it is obsolete with the D300 that just came out.

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