No doubt about that. The last time I used one of my film cameras was because I wanted to take some pictures of a lunar eclipse and my digital cameras didn't have the exposure time, remote release or zoom lens to handle it.
I should have taken a digital camera out and put it on a tripod to compare results. I wouldn't have wasted shots trying various exposures without seeing immediate results like I did on the film.
Right now I think the megapixel race is becoming pointless. The difference between a 4 MP and 10 MP will really only show if you blow it up really big or zoom in on a small section of the picture. And if you are compressing it, you lose most of the benefits of the extra pixels anyway. I now want a higher shutter speed more than more pixels.
I've seen what I think are digitals laid out like SLRs, with similar apeture and other mechanisms adjusting like the old days, so dyed-in-the-wool photographers can use the electrics? Am I right, or have I slid into a parallel universe?