Hmm.. never knew that Forum existed!
I have had several 35mm film cameras and currently still have a Minolta Maxxum system. I have used 3 different digital cameras for the past 5 years and have my fourth one now, an Olympus E-300. Digital is the way to go for convenience, instant picture gratification, and cost. Think of all the savings of not buying, processing, and printing 35mm pictures.
I bought a digital for my wife. She needed a simple point and shoot camera. I also wanted her to take quality pictures. She was going on a trip to Europe and I wanted to be sure she got good pictures. However, it had to be simple to operate. "Clock in the VCR" syndrome if you get my drift......
I bought her a
Fuji A330 Finepix digital camera. Under $200 and it is easy to use. Small to carry. Takes excellent quality pics. Uses cheap AA alkaline batteries. So that is a camera I can recommend from personal experience.
With any camera, let alone digital, it is important to "pan" with the moving object while pressing the shutter button so that you do not get a blurred out image of the object. And every digital camera I have seen has a "half step" where you push the shutter half way down which sets and locks the focus and shutter speed and then when you push the button all the way it instantly takes the pic. Burst mode is for taking a series of action shots, not for tossing out the "bad ones".
And you still need to pan with the moving object while in Burst or you will end up with blurry shots.