The shift from film to digital leads to a corresponding shift in 'shooting philosophy' (shooting style) much more radical than going from stick to auto trans.

The obvious advantage with digital is adjustable ISO - this is GOOD. With film the photographer had to decide at the onset what film speed to carry (ISO), once loaded you're stuck with it if lighting conditions change.

With digital one has a tendency to shoot a lot and sort out later - this is NOT so good. What I miss with shooting transparency or film is the self-disclipine that it imposes by pressuring the photographer "to make every shot count". You go out with a finite number of shots on fixed number of rolls, each shot equating to a fixed number of dollars. So there you are striving to shoot it right 'at the camera'... that's the test of skill and where the fun is.

I too am one of the 'old shool' guys... like to go out thinking I still have 25 exposures of Kodachrome 25 in my DSLR.