Rob,
In my film days I used 35mm, 6x7, 4x5, and even 8x10 view cameras. When I went over to the (digital) Dark Side, I looked back over my film work and realized that of the images/prints that I still found interesting, only one was 8x10, a few were 6x7, a fair number were 4x5, and most of the best were 35mm. I think the main reason is that when I see something that catches my eye, the nearest (lightest, easiest to manipulate) camera is the one that gives me the best chanceof getting the image I want.
The transition to digital was, of course, quite painful a lot of the time, but at this point I have no interest whatever in going back to film. I am truly glad that I spent as much time with film (essentially black and white, color was processed by Mother Kodak) as I did, and I think anyone who wants to learn photography is best off learning film first.
Doing digital black and white my goal has always been to make prints that look as good to me as do the best darkroom prints I ever made, and I think I got to that point after about four years. One thing I have realized recently is that my judgement of black and white prints is very much ties into my film experience, and when doing black and white I always apply a custom curve (in Lightroom or Photoshop) that renders the digital image more like a film image.
I agree with you that a large film camera (often used with a (ugh!!!) tripod) is probably better for considered shooting. But I suspect that with your experience (or with mine) you can do a lot of "considering" in a very short time!
My present "big" camera is a Sony RX10III, with a built-in very nice Zeiss lens that adjusts from 24mm to 600mm (35mm film equivalent). And my "little" camera that I carry around most of the time is a Canon G5X pocket thingy with both an electronic view finder and a rear screen finder. This one adjusts from something like 28mm to 105mm, but it is the camera that I almost always have with me.
If you come up with
two Hassy 500s, I'll be happy to take one of them off your hands and try film again.
Thanks for your kind thoughts, Rob.
Eric