NickTrop
Veteran
I know the feeling - however, take solace in the fact that this wasn't always the case... just until the last few years, I'd say. The many vices of digital - battery life, shutter lag, camera costs, noise at ISOs over 400, few prime lens choices, dynamic range that kept me happily (and still on occasion) using film, have improved to the point that it matches and in may ways exceeds small format film - especially at high ISOs. Shoot film if you like using classic gear (which I still do), like the "hand-crafted" artisan approach to making a print (rolling, developing negs, wet printing) which I did for quite a spell, and - of course, medium and large format that digital to this day can't match at anything approaching a reasonable price. For me, the turning point was the relatively inexpensive 35/1.8 Nikon AFS lens. Reasonably priced, and is the only lens I've owned where I can shoot wide open without issues with flare, contrast loss, or loss of sharpness. At wide aps, as cheaply made as it obviously is by comparison, it totally blows away any traditional lens I've owned. It was a revelation. There's no comparison between the output at 1600 shooting at 1.8 with the Nikon DSLR and any other similarly spec'd film camera I've owned. As you said, "sigh"...
As for rolling your own... I strongly suggest going to a local camera shop and getting spent 35mm cartridges and using green splicing tape (which is a little hard to find, but "findable") instead of using the reusable cartridges that are sold. My local Ritz was more than glad to get rid of them, got 100's free of charge. Use them a couple times, pitch them.
