Been a long time, but in college worked at a high camera store/gallery. Ansel actual did a showing there.
Played with all the MF cameras and 4x5 and spent my paycheck on a couple of ektachrome 8x10 slides.
My coworker went far deeper/longer in view camera work and it introduces all kinds of new variables in exposure and developing (b&w film).
As to resolution. I would not dream of a 16x 20 from a 35 back in the day. Now it is well within reach.
The difference to me is depth of field amd subject seperation. In a "normal" lens you get the seperation from a short tele on 35 as an example.