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If you're thinking you want to get serious, get a dSLR. You really need the full control an SLR offers. Sure you can do it with film, but you're going to want to play around a lot. Playing with film gets expensive, and the feedback loop is too slow to actually experiment.

Otherwise, Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera is the book.