> my own personal opinion, Bruce (and it's just between the two of us), having > shot a few miles of MF and a few more miles of 35mm, is that a good photo will > overcome its format.
Well said, Doug. I might add to that a trivial additional observation, which is that a good photo will also overcome its maker's prejudices about what constitutes "good image quality." That is, a lot of photographers are worried and preoccupied by the question of "good image quality," and they allow those considerations to lead them into a number of practices that aren't necessarily helpful. For instance, they may insist on using bigger formats than necessary; they may use tripods when not needed, or insist on stopping down too much, or use too slow a film. And yet, some of their photographs sometimes succeed anyway. <gg> --Mike
