Digital or analog
The good old days with analog are gone
There is always a nostalgia for old times, but it does not mean that we had it better in old times
An analog camera uses film as its way of capturing the image. The process of capturing is a chemical process, light reacts with the photosensitive material and the longer the exposure the more the material changes. Later the film can be developed and printed copies of the film can be made.
Digital cameras replaced the film with a digital sensor, and out of sheer luck, the most common size of the film that was used for photography (35mm) was a size that was manageable by digital sensors (the older 120 films were almost 6 cm large and digital sensors would not be economically feasible at those sizes). This allowed digital cameras to coexist with analog equipment as the same lenses could be used by both camera types.
At the beginning digital cameras did not have the resolution or sensitivity to light like they have now, and for those times a discussion could be made, but pretty much after 2015 any digital camera performs as good as any 35mm camera.
Digital changed photography for the better
I strongly believe that people that want to learn photography have it better now with digital photography. You can simply take much more pictures and see the results instantly, instead of developing individual rolls of film and waiting to see the results. It is not only the time it takes you to see the results, but the number of shots you can make. After all buying, developing film costs money. With digital photography this is not an issue, you can practically take as many pictures as you want at any time (your battery will probably finish before your SD card). This alone makes photography more accessible to a larger number of people, which I believe is great.
Technically for me the most important change is that ISO became a parameter to adjust (from one shot to the next) as part of photography. This has made great changes to the way that we can use lenses as the maximum aperture (at least in terms of what they do for exposure time) is no longer as crucial as they were for an analog camera. You could use different (faster) film with an analog camera but you could not change it dynamically to compensate for less light the way you can do with a digital camera. Plus, modern digital sensors are so sensitive that you can make pictures with no visible degradation with much higher ISO values than was possible with film. Interestingly enough most people still stick to the hype for fast lenses from analog times, although their digital cameras make much of those arguments pointless for practical use (in controlled experiments of course there are differences).
The other aspect that gets overlooked are loss of your data. Although technically you can also lose digital data, you have much more chances to back it up. Some higher end cameras even have more than one card slot to allow you to make two copies, have wireless connectivity to upload your pictures immediately. Also a modern SD card is a bit more robust against the elements (and airport security scans) than a film which is sensitive to exposure. Basically until you develop your film, there are more opportunities to go wrong that could cause irreparable damage to your pictures with analog film.
Why still analog ?
Photography is fun, no matter what the medium. With analog photography part of the process is also developing your film and getting your prints. While you can still do this with specialized companies, but you can also do the entire process at home. It is a hands on process that connects you to more of making a picture than it is the case when everything goes through a computer.
One major problem with analog photography is that you can not afford to make hundreds of shots. This has a hidden advantage that you need to think more about your shots and maybe understand a bit better what your equipment and settings will do. You could argue that this could make you a better photographer (To be honest, limiting the number of pictures you take on a digital camera is also not so difficult).
For me at least, I would consider myself a good technical photographer if I could go to a special event/place and take one single picture and be confident that the shot I made is the best I could do. From that point of view, it does not really matter if I use a film or a digital sensor.
These pages are for Amateur Photographers and not really for seasoned photographers and professionals. I have no affiliation or commercial interest with any brand/make. I write from my own experience. I ended up using mainly Nikon, so I am more familiar with this brand than others. See price for notes on pricing as well as photography related links.