Film is expensive to shoot? I don't have much in the way of cash, but I have a pretty nice dedicated film scanner that cost me almost nothing (bought without the unavailable online negatives carriers--bought from manufactorer for $12), a small amount of a few choice developers, and about 30 rolls of film. Considering how inexpensive Arista Premium and Legacy Pro are (Tri-X and Acros) and how little chemistry costs and also factoring in that I have a scanner, film isn't that expensive.
A brick of arista premium 400 comes to around $22, for that you get roughly 360 shots. Each shot costing $.06, factor in processing (1L of Rodinal @ $14/L, ability to process 250 rolls roughly, so another $.05/roll) which would be another .0015 per frame. So basically, $0.0615/frame to process, and factor in the cost of a scanner (a fs4000us to be exact) over the course of, say, 100 rolls of film. Around $90, split into 100 rolls, +$.90/roll, or +$.025 per frame bringing the grand total to $0.0865 per frame.
So roughly you're paying $3.11 for 36 shots, or $86.50 for 1000 shots, all processed and scanned (doing it yourself). Granted, with digital you do shoot a lot more frames, but to be fair, 1000 frames is a lot of frames, digital or not and I don't consider $86 for 1000 shots on my favorite film, processed the way I like on a camera I like to be exorbitantly expensive.
I guess I could go a step further and compare the cost of the body + a lens, but I think that would be unfair to the digital counterparts. (For example: $850 for M2, Skopar, 50/1.5 Summarit compared to a D90 with a 35/1.8 and 50/1.8 at $1100). So going by that, For the cost of a d90 with comparable lenses I could have a M2, a 35, and a 50 and process/scan 3000 frames (which is more than I'll shoot in years) and I have the luxury of shooting full frame. How you factor in the convenience of having your pictures immediately, metering, dlighting, changeable iso, etc vs more control in processing, quitter shutter, full frame, made in germany, etc is entirely subjective.
Edit: All that being said, I'd love to have a digital rangefinder, but at the current price point I can't justify $1500+ on a camera that has no significant improvements over the film counterpoint save having a digital sensor. If I were to spend that much on a camera body, it'd probably be an M6.
