Jim Jones
Subscriber
The folks at National Geographic seemed to do OK shooting landscapes with a 35mm camera.
A 7x10 inch full page halftone certainly shouldn't tax the capabilities of good 35mm equipment. However, some amateurs can be much more critical. My 4x5 gear would be better for some, but not all, landscape photography. Sometimes the need for the reach of 35mm telephotos is more important than ultimate image quality. Also, the speed of small format lenses can be critical. AT 83 years, small format is much more convenient. I've had as many as 80 rolls of 35mm B&W film to develop after a long photo trip. It is easier to be content with what it delivers than to wrestle with larger equipment for the modest (to me) gain in images.