Some of the peeps in my photography class just brought T1is. They like them, except the newest RAW format doesn't work with PS CS3, which is what all the school computers have on them. So, the school ended up putting Lightroom on the computers to at least give them some good editing capability, if not the full artistic capability.
Me? I'm still trying to figure out photoshop and still learning to run my XS...
I have a Pentax film camera that is smarter than I am, and it is a point and shoot with the added capability to do custom settings. My little Canon is easier to carry around and is digital, but it doesn't make a picture like the 35mm SLR Pentax does.
Sadly, film cameras have seen their days I fear, and I paid about 600 for mine several years ago. I don't regret it though as the albums bring back fond memories. I use it to take pictures when we go on sight seeng trips and they are usually just gorgeous.
I am into old frontier forts.
It is more fun to visit one when they are having some sort of a reenactment or historical program.