MEDIUM OR LARGE FORMAT & FILM CAPTURE

WHICH CAMERA SHOULD YOU USE?
For me, there is no contest here. Compare the 2 images here, both taken by myself.

Image Copyright Helen Neylan 2011

The first here, above on the left, was taken using a digital SLR. Whilst the detail is good, it cannot compare to the extreme detail seen in the second image, below right, taken using a Cambo, large format film camera.

Mushroom, Helen Neylan, The Very Ordinary Organic Cookbook, Copyright 2011

 Observe the clarity in the shallow depth of field towards the front of the image, even in the basket of this image, compared to the basket of the first image. The gills of the mushroom appear to radiate from the large format image. This is because in using a large format camera, you are able to capture much more data in the camera.