The wonderful thing about a camera that can take hundreds of photos at a time at 12 frames a second is that it can still be used to take just one photo...
Having tools on hand that can be used in different ways means you can be far more flexible and achieve results you might not be able to do if you only ever used a far more limit gear. This is why I own a pair of 7D bodies along with my C330f. They're vastly different tools, used in vastly different ways in most cases, and produce different results. If I'm reaching for gear to produce sports photos for friends so they can document and share memories of their games on Facebook, well then I'm reaching for the modern kit most times.
I've shot several games on film with the old manual focus camera, and I've gotten usable images out of it... But I've missed out on taking what could have been awesome photos because the C330f simply couldn't keep up on volume. Honestly that specific medium format camera is really not very well suited to the task, seeing as I stood there watching a jammer do three apex jumps in a row while I was loading a new roll of film... If I had my 7D in hand at the time, then not only would I likely have captured 3 clear photos of awesome apex jumps that could have been posted online right after the game, but I could have had .gif images showing the jammer approaching, starting to leap, a few of her rising, one of her near the apex of the leap, and more of her coming down to land...
There can often be more to photography than just one single perfect photo.
Find tools that work for you, learn to use them in ways that get results. A bad photo on film is just as bad as a bad one on digital. The only real difference is that its easier to dress the film shot in BS and convince the world it is magic.
Cull the bad, keep the good, learn from mistakes, and try new things. - Applies just as much to film as anything else in art.
