Dude, I asked for help here .... you are not helping
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I'm sorry! I'm sorry.
I got into photography, professionally, after film had passed. (Assuming that film passed back in 2003-2005 period). So for me, there is no love lost. Never mind just processing the photos to get them to print or sending them to a lab, then you have to scan them, put them in a usable format and then retouch them... i can appreciate the love for film, especially for the hobbyist.. but for business, i just don't see how it makes sense. Time is money, etc...
Especially now that the H4D31 is here... while it's a tough pill to swallow, it's never been easier to swallow that pill. Sub 10K full MFDB system?..
But there is really nothing else like it. If you really want to keep your interest, my opinion is to pony up the cash. (If possible). If you sell a H4D31 with little clicks, you won't lose much money. Hell, rent one for a weekend and shoot parts of a wedding with it. Use Phocus, and see how it goes into your workflow. For me, after being bored with 35mm, going to MFDB has been huge, not only is it forcing me to focus on my shots more carefully, i'm getting into more technical aspects with focus-recompose, timing (only 1 frame per 1.1 seconds), and the amount of adjustability in Phocus is much different than 35mm say - in Lightroom.
So what's my point? I think you'd only be experiencing half of the equation of MF if dealing with film. Today there are so many improvements and technological hurdles overcome with MFDB, it truly is a pleasure to get stunning imagery and enhance it even further in applications like photoshop. Oh, i forgot to mention one of my favorite subjects... retouching. Retouching skin, such a delight, all that extra resolution and sharpness due in part to having no AA filter...
Film though?... i just can't imagine, especially now, a 35mm shooter wanting to deal with all of that. Unless you have a serious love affair with it to begin with.
Just my .02