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I've never shot LF, but have observed professionals that have and their end products some years ago. First off, there was definitely a stylistic difference compared to 35mm film. The LF shots were routinely better lit, composed, and staged (posed). The 35mm shots were more spontaneous and candid, showing life as it "really" was.
My thinking is that some of us live in a photographic world where we want to create our shots compositionally while others capture an image much like "found art". Whatever is found is captured, brought back to the studio and prettied up in PP. Both have their place.
In today's digital world, things are a bit more complicated since the digital realm can work with both styles of shooting as the quality has continuously improved.
Just as there are collectors of old cars, tractors, typewriters, and other obsolete technology, there will be art markets for images created with film, tin type, collotype, etc. Hey, even today there are still markets for images made with oils, graphite, water colors, and many other manual methods. Somehow the camera hasn't obliterated them even though they take much longer to produce.
However as Benjamin noted, if one needs the ease, flexibility, and timeliness that most of today's commercial customers demand, digital is the preferred choice.
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