Film is certainly not dead. There are aspects that cannot be duplicated in any digital camera. Soft shadows is one big one. With a digital camera, if a scene has a very bright white surface and also shadow that I wish to keep detail in I would first have to take two pictures and later edit them together with GIMP or Photoshop. With film I can take just one shot. This picture of a church is a great example:

Second Presbyterian Church, Newark, OH.
4:02pm, Apr. 29, 2011. N65 with 28-80mm zoomed out to 28mm. 1/125th@f22. Kodak ISO 200, processed and scanned at Meijer photo lab.

Notice the detail in the shadows while the white block is still detailed as well. Another aspect I love about this shot is the natural blue of the sky. This picture also shows what you can do with the reduced contrast of film:

Midland Theatre Neon Sign, Newark, OH
4:45pm, Apr. 29, 2011. N65 with 28-80mm zoomed to about 65mm. 1/500th@f11. Kodak ISO 200, processed and scanned at Meijer photo lab.

Check out the detail around the arched window! I also love the color of the blue sky in this shot. The yellow around the sign was washed out with the brightness of the late afternoon sun and the picture accurately reflects what I saw with my eyes.

Interior, The Arcade, Newark, OH
5:20pm, Apr. 29, 2011. N65 with 28-80mm zoomed to about 50mm. 1/125th@f8. Kodak ISO 200, processed and scanned at Meijer photo lab.

The Arcade is an indoor shopping mall built in 1907.I love the lighting in this photo. Outside there are harsh shadows from not a cloud in the sky, but in here all the light is diffused by the glass roof.

I use Meijer for my film developing. For a little under $5 I can have a 24exp roll of film developed and scanned as 6MP images onto a cd without having prints made. At $5 a pop you can have over 100 rolls of film or 2400 images developed for less than the price of an entry level DSLR! If you don't have a Meijer nearby, you can use Walmart, Costco, etc., for similar pricing.

Looks like a beautiful day for a cruise in! Newark, OH has a Lite the Nite cruise on the courthouse square to raise funds to pay for the Christmas display.

Not bad colors for print film! I cheated and used GIMP to remove the haze from scanning print film, like I do with all my scanned prints, then gave it a color saturation bump.

Lite the Nite Cruise-In, Courthouse Square, Newark, OH
4:21:pm, Sept. 10, 2011. N65 with 28-80mm zoomed to 80mm. Full manual mode. 1/500th@f11. Kodak ISO 200, processed and scanned at Meijer photo lab.

This next picture is another example of a very difficult scene to capture digitally, but print film has no problem with it.

Car Tour Road, The old Forest, Dawes Arboretum, Licking County, OH
5:06:pm, Nov. 4, 2011. N65 with 28-80mm zoomed out to 28mm. Full manual mode. 1/350th@f3.3. Kodak ISO 200, processed and scanned at Meijer photo lab.