Jay Stoegbauer Studios is a commercial photography company specializing in digital photography. The dynamic tonal control of high-end digital photography. A discussion on the various types of digital cameras.
Film is a rather limiting entity.
It has two unchangeable properties that high-end digital cameras simply surpass. Color fidelity and tonal control. When shooting with film, photographers are limited to the tonal and contrast range dictated by the characteristic curve of the particular film they are using. Once this magical contrast range is achieved, and if the optimum exposure is achieved, the scanner operator hopefully interprets the transparency properly and the photographers' vision may make it to print. Concerning color fidelity, film is limited by the dyes incorporated in film emulsion.