Maybe they do sell digital backs for the K1000?
(just kidding)
Film is good. I never discourage anyone from using film. And I don't churn my own butter either if that is what some of you are thinking.

When I was just a teenage lad and using my K1000 I only used film already in rolls and somehow got into the habit of only buying 24 exposure rolls. Sometimes for one reason or another, 36 exposure would get caught up and not feed well towards the end of the roll. The only thing I could think of was the fact that it was more film so I ignorantly use only 24 exposure film 95% of the time.
I shot both color and black and white although I will admit to those reading that often when I shot black and white it was "candy shots" of my girlfriend at the time and other more art like images. I developed my own black and white but was too lazy to learn the added steps and expenses of developing color.
Oh I shot some swimsuit and sexy images of my girlfriend with color also. There were still a lot of places that would develope questionable film like that. Some of them would just put a sheet over the end of the machine so the public could not see the final prints as they rolled out.
I still photograph some weddings with black and white film as well , though not with my K1000 but it has been many years since I did any developing at home and conversely, next month may be my first wedding shot with a digital camera.
Black and white, especially these days is very, very abstract if you have any imagination at all because everything is color. Everything we see, we see in color and black and white or sepia just adds a different mood or emotion and tends to alter our perceptions I think. There are definite moments when a image should be viewed in color and other times when black and white makes it unique.