I used a Minolta 35mm film camera for years, and bought a Nikon D50 a little over a year ago. What a difference, no more canisters of film lying around to be developed and wondering what is on each roll. You can just print the good shots and delete the bad ones, and you get to see the shot right after you take it. You will love that camera, it's so much more fun to use than a film camera and you can do a lot more with it than than you can with the little point and shoot digitals.