After seeing so many repetitive questions in the film photography thread on facepunch I've decided to write a bit of a crash course into film photography. I've been using film for about a year now, and I'm loving it; most of what I'm going to say is based off either what I've discovered, or what far more experienced friends have taught me.
Some parts such as reccomendations are going to be, by nature, biased, as I'm inclined to reccomend stuff that I've used and can trust. Don't think that because I haven't listed something that means it's instantly terrible.
The first question when looking at getting into film photography is which camera should I buy? This answer will vary from person to person, situation to situation, so I'm going to try to give a bit of a rundown of the various different types of cameras, and situations where they are best used.