>>4409510>you can see more cloud detailSo, it has more resolution? Shocking. More megapixels on a cloud = more detailed cloud with more shape from the better rendering of gradients.
More resolution equals smaller details. It doesn't work on a computer screen because everything gets averaged to fit in the allotted pixels. Downsampling does preserve some extra detail but not a lot, it mostly improves the SNR (grain), so the advantage ends up being minor. And it only barely works in real life because human vision is higher resolution than a computer screen and can see finer details before they blur together, but then you're back to 4x5 enlargements looking basically the same, because the differences between them are in the smallest details that you can't really see. With contact printing 8x10, you're basically trying to shove 150mp onto a print size that usually looks great with just 7.2 megapixels. Enlarging the 4x5 is shoving 75mp into that same area. You basically can't tell without a loupe, and even then it would be minor.
Look at how small the difference is even with wildly different cameras (150mp real medium format vs. 45mp full frame)
Shooting 8x10 to contact print is a massive waste of film. It's just darkroom laziness.
8x10 isn't worth it at all unless displaying positive film, enlarging it, or taking advantage of the extremely shallow depth of field.
