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Mike,
It may not be people like you or I who drive the market but there are many commercial applications which the digital camera is either too expensive or not capable quality-wise of replacing larger format cameras. Also the improvements are coming so rapidly that very few can afford to keep up with the latest technology. The film cameras of years ago, such as your Mamiya, all take excellent pictures since the lens quality is what determines the quality of the image. Another factor has to do with the investment in lenses since professional photographers seem to accumulate these at great expense. These lenses can be rendered useless since different size CCD's change the effective focal length of each lens. So there is more to all this than merely investing in a camera. Not until the camera manufacturers address these shortcomings will film cameras go the way of the eight track and the rotary dial up phone.
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