[Outbackmanyep]

I use Fuji Superia 800 ISO film in my Minolta 7000, i actually did a 60 min exp of Eta Carina through my 8" SCT and it looks quite good in glossy print!
You can tinker more with Digital images, but i wouldn't say that film will be long gone!
I can still produce good results from film, i only need 4x AA's for the camera and a 9V for my SCT and i can go all night and more on a small amount of batteries and be quite portable and yet simple, but with any form of dedicated imaging set-up with use of laptop you end up with power supply problems and cables running everywhere!
And also if you take autoguiders out of the equation a good image starts with good guiding! So you have to be on the ball to get a nice guided image with film!

Film goes well for simplicity sake, but in regards to flexibility and convenience then digital is the way to go! But digital's #1 nemesis is power.