I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
I have equal parts film and digital cameras in my collection. I think that there are ways to Photoshop photos so that they look like you shot them on film, but is that as rewarding? It just depends on the person.
It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many different sorts of data are available.

