In a digital world what are the "defacto" advantages of Large Format?

<p>No need for ouija boards or guesswork! Adams was actually very explicit in his views on the coming age of electronic scanning/digital imaging. From his own mouth:</p>

<p>Ansel Adams, An autobiography (1985): "In the electronic age, I'm sure that scanning techniques will be developed to achieve prints of extraordinary subtlety from the original negative scores. If I could return in twenty years or so I would hope to see astounding interpretations of my most expressive images. It is true no one could print my negatives as I did, but they might well get more out of them by electronic means. Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression"<br>

See http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=8741471298&topic=5694</p>

<p>Some of the respondents above might want to take a deep breath, and ponder his words...</p>

<p>And before anyone responds with "Yeah, but that doesn't guarantee that he definitely would have embraced digital, after a lifetime of shooting and printing film", I'll slip this quote in:<br>

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to". <br /> - Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)</p>

<p>I think that Adams made it pretty clear that for all his achievements, he aspired to these new technologies.</p>

<p>Anyway, back down to earth. I'm a wholehearted shooter and scanner of MF film , and even some LF Fujiroids, but I am researching MF digibacks as well as a parallel possibility. Everyone should be guided by their own "whatever works for me" thinking and maintain an open-ended learning process.</p>

<p>Passionate responses are always nice to read, until sadly they often veer into jibes at "the other side" - completely unnecessarily.</p>