While I agree with all the gripes regarding digital, I have to add that they pertain almost exclusively to the consumer level cameras. By that I mean the non-interchangable SLR or P&S cameras, even the so called high quality high megapixel count cameras still suffer shutter lag, auto focus delays, etc. None of them even come close to a high end digital SLR in its film like operation.
On the digital SLR's, the shutter lag is non-existent, or measured in the low milliseconds. You just can't feel it. Auto focus is very fast, but for purists, can be turned off and focused manually just as you would on a manual film camera. Same with auto exposure, turn it off if you don't want it. Heck, even use a hand held meter. Its just as manual as a Nikon FE, FM, F4, FA, F5, or any other manual film camera. In fact in the case of the Canon and Nikon digital SLRs, they are based on film camera bodies and use all the same lenses. If you where handed a high end DSLR and didn't see the LCD panel, you would swear you were using a traditional 35mm film camera. It feels exactly the same, and uses all the same knobs, aperture rings, etc, to change the settings.
Carrying batteries and CF cards are no worse than carrying extra film to me. I can get 16 rolls of film on a 2 CF cards with a single set of AA batteries. The 2 CF and a set of 4 AA's are less bulky and lighter than 16 rolls of film. Basically, I travel lighter and with less bulk when shooting digital.
I wouldn't shoot anything professional with any of the consumer digitals cameras, however I do shoot most of my professional work on the S2 Pro and D1x professional digital cameras. My clients want digital, and its produces the same results as film for their uses. If I need something very big (20x24 or larger), I shoot medium format or 4x5. But for anything 35mm, and up to 16x20, its mostly digital. Batch processing is very easy if one needs to. Photoshop CS has the ability, as do many of the browsers available.
But rarely do I find the need to do any post processing in Photoshop on my camera originals. And even then, its only on a few of the final selected images. Once the camera is setup properly, I get excellent results directly from the camera.
For some very high contrast situations, I'll resort to layering the image in Photoshop. But thats no different that what I would do when shooting E6.
And shooting digital is like shooting E6. Not as forgiving as a color or black and white negative film, since there is less dynamic range and you need to protect the highlights. The nice part is that you can reach down into the digital file and pull out the shadow detail that you'd never get back with an E6 film. But since I've shot mostly E6 for decades now, the transition to digital was uneventful once I figured out to just treat it as any other E6 film. If someone was new to E6 and digital, there would be a learning curve. Not big, but different. I would say that 85% of all my images are usable direct from the camera. (I love that S2 Pro sensor!)
In the end, I like film, and always have. Its where my roots are. But I also like digital. I had my feet firmly planted against digital for the longest time, but finally pulled them free when the newest digital SLR and high quality sensors came on the scene. It didn't help when I was exposed to a couple double blind tests comparing digital to film. It opened my eyes! I'd love to do the same test with Zeiss, Leica, and CV lenses! And the versatility of digital imaging allows me to expand my vision more than shooting on film. Or at least, its added many more options to my toolbox.
My clients demand digital, so I give it to them. But I use both film and digital for my own personal work depending on the situation. In the end, I really like them both, and neither have any real drawbacks to the whole process of creating images. (excluding the consumer digital cameras!). I find I can create the types of images I enjoy using either tool, with little restrictions placed on me by them, and the viewers are none the wiser as to which tools were used to create them.
Most of the limitations I currently find are when using a RF (sorry, I know its a RF forum and all...). I can't shoot macro, I have parallax to deal with, I have to focus manually even in action situations where AF is clearly head and shoulders better, long telephoto shots are excluded, and I can't see my mistakes till a week later when I get the film back
. But, its fun, and It's grabbed my attention, and my R2 is always close by whenever I leave the house. I almost bought a M6TTL today at a camera show. I was real close!
(edit: spelling errors I noticed while re-reading the post) 
