50 years ago, in Photo Arts at Ryerson Polytech, there were very few assignments we could use 35mm cameras for. I thought of 35mm as a personal camera suited to a photography student, not a professional camera. They were too expensive for most people, most people didn't want to mess around with the settings. Nothing has changed, except for in digital there are no 4x5 and 8x10 sensors.
So the question I'd ask would be how long before sensors get big enough that 35mm goes back to its place in the world instead of masquerading as high end? With the
Hasselblad H6D-100c Medium Format DSLR Camera in production, to a certain extent its already happening. It's only a matter fo time before 35 is once again the portable option, not the quality option. And it will always be a distant choice behind the smaller cheaper formats and phones.
The value of 35mm in digital has been vastly overrated, just because there is not much bigger. IN film, there was as much bigger as there was smaller, hence it's relative insignificance.
IN film, there was 645, 2 1/4, 6x7, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 that were commonly available. Digital has only caught up to 645, If anything, 35mm is all down hill from here as larger and larger sensors become available and more affordable.
Last edited by normhead; 03-03-2018 at 09:06 AM.