Comparison digital to film...

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Ok i am new here and not really sure whether this is the right forum to ask this question.
please bear with me.

The situation is: i need a new camera, my old Nikon SLR is gone.
Now i am thinking about "going digital".
The digital SLRs are really expensive and i am not that impressed with the "lower priced" ones like the Nikon D70 or the Canon EOS 300D.
will Cameras like the finepix S7000 be on par with SLR regarding picture quality?
how is the "shutterlag" of cameras like the S7000? (i am doing mainly sportsphotography. MTB and Snowboard)


or is it overall the better way to stay with a film SLR and buy a good Dia scanner?

i am thorougjhly confused here.

any help or sugestions are appreciated. i know this is a very broad approach. but thats the dilemma for me here.
Thanks a lot