I totally agree that digital makes a nice learning tool. I'll sometimes use mine as a Polaroid back, of sorts, instead of actually using a Polaroid (which, incidentally, has anyone besides me used a Polaroid back on a Holga? It doesn't get much more fun than that! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]). And since you have no film to worry about, it does let you experiment more freely. So digital is good for experimentation, and I do use it for that.
But I also agree with what you said about the technical side of things, as far as lighting, composition, and all that... I have to admit, when I got my D100, I was pretty giddy, playing and shooting everything in sight. However, I also got lazy. I wasn't as careful metering as I was before, and I'd basically "chimp" away 'til it looked okay on the LCD screen. Of course, with most digicams, you can't really trust those screens. Only when you download the images to your computer will you really know how they turned out.
After I realized what I was doing -- how lazy I was getting and how I was content with just making images look "okay" -- I went back to film, slowed myself down, and forced myself to actually look at what I was shooting. When you're using film, you basically have to know how your image will look before you click the shutter (like you said), which takes practice -- something I'm still in the process of doing.
I'm not looking to offend any hardcore digital users either. This has just been my experience.
I guess what I'm saying, to make a long post longer, is that I agree with what you said. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Sam
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