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Has digital photography made film obsolete -- or not?

Carson Wilson has published an intriguing essay, Oranges and Apples --
There is some truth in this observation: people now use digicams instead of film for many purposes. But their choices often result from economics rather than the technical superiority of digicams. Digital photography is amazing and impressive in many ways, but if you choose it over film, expect to make sacrifices. I've assembled articles here exposing these sacrifices. I do this, not to make a case for film, but to temper the popular view that advances in digital photography have now made film obsolete. [MORE]
[Oranges and Apples]
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