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As much as I love film I would recommend digital for starting out any day.
>digital cameras have to many buttons and get in the way
You know what they also have? Nicely written manuals. People are not stupid. They are surrounded by all kinds of tech everyday. If someone is interested in shooting photos he will figure out how a digital camera works.
You can simply try out more than with film and instantly see what the changes of shutterspeed and aperture or composition have done to your picture. You simply don't have that with film. As someone said before, you're not magically forced to snapshit and machinegun on digital.
But you can of you want to and it won't cost you anything. People don't magically get good by shooting film.
Pic not related, just wanted to post fuji photo in fuji thread