[Keeper of the Turf]

Put my 55mm f3.5 Micro Nikkor put up against a five dollar one-use snapper and you'll have two examples of "35mm quality".

True...but we're not talking about $5 one-use snappers. Put your 55mm f3.5 Micro Nikkor on a D100 and then on a F5 and you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference in image quality.

When I want to produce real professional quality silver halide based photographic work, I keep my 35mm cameras in the bag and break out my trusty old Rolleiflex TLR.

[Don Joe]

"True...but we're not talking about $5 one-use snappers. Put your 55mm f3.5 Micro Nikkor on a D100 and then on a F5 and you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference in image quality."

At what print size? I daresay a 30x40 would be telling.

"When I want to produce real professional quality silver halide based photographic work, I keep my 35mm cameras in the bag and break out my trusty old Rolleiflex TLR."

Ah, that's where I put my Cambo roll back on my Crown Graphic with the 1.5CM Apo Lanthar. (Or if really necessary, load up some 4x5 film holders.)