I have fallen in love with black and white... film especially. the issue with it is that its expensive to buy and to develop. id love to get into developing my own film, if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be great.

On the digital side of my brain: i usually shoot with my Sony Alpha A200, and i really do like it. However, it is annoying to shoot at high ISO and find that your pictures are grainy when you look at them on the computer, after they looked fine on the camera. I have gotten my hands on a friend's Canon XSi, and taken a few pictures with it. it is a really nice camera, however it only had 2 lenses with a low aperture at only 3.5. Seeing the difference in shooting at high ISO on that camera and on mine, (even-though i shot with my f1.7 lens) made me think about possibly upgrading my camera. I was looking at either getting the Sony A700 body only, or starting over with a Canon XSi outfit... if anyone could offer some advice here, it would be much appreciated.

I would also like to feature a picture that i fell in love with:
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Thanks!
BlackBird