My wife is taking some photography classes and pursuing a career in photography. She is on her 4th class and they have yet to do anything with a digital camera. Everything has been on film. She also works part-time doing editing for a local photographer. From what I gather...If you want to be a true photographer/artist, use film. If you want to make money at it, use a dslr and editing software and give people what they want.
I also see a alot of "facebook photographers" popping up. My wife knows one, a former friend of hers. When asked, she couldn't even recall which model her Nikon camera was
At this point, my wife is just doing some newborn photographer for friends and family. She doesn't make a pfofit, and each session she does costs me about $50-100 in props and new gear