Interesting - after I posted that I wondered if it also might have been an analogy to large format vs. 35mm, etc. Then there's the real wood charcoal vs. Kingsford, lighter fluid vs. chimney, etc - the list goes on! Seems like it's all a matter of how much time and trouble you'll go to for acceptable results - just like photography and other things.

I guess when you think about it, photography isn't so strange after all!