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Its me thats getting pedantic :) The original point I was making was that regardless of how any format comes out in print, it seems to me a bit bizarre to look at a shrunk down compressed jpeg of a scan or a digital RAW image on a PC screen and make judgements on how one surpasses the other. I'm not saying either is better or worse (though when you get to large print sizes large film wins hands down) just that its not as simple as picking out one web sized jpeg and say 'you could never get that quality with method x', jpg's are jpgs and they are cack as morfe points out, no matter what process went before it! The resolution (72dpi!) and tonal range of a PC screen is also far below what you get in a print so such comparisons dont work.

You never know your luck though, Jessops might stock a boat mounted projector :)

>jpg's are jpgs and they are cack

Heh! In a nutshell! Though there is something to be said for an image that emits it's own light, rather than relying on the vagries of reflected light. But that's so far down in the direction of pedantic that those who go there don't come back.

I'm off to see if I can find a lighthouse near some cliffs where they'll let me paint CnRs on the lenses...

Just a minnit! Who said anything about judging the pros and cons of film v digital and 35mm v medium format by looking at jpgs on websites? For web work - sure low res jpgs are fine and it doesn't matter if they are scanned prints, slides, negs or digital. They will all be compressed compromises.

It is when you look at actual silver B&W prints or medium format trannies on the light box or projected that you see the real quality. It may seem precious and snobby to some, but I do believe that we are losing something valuable.