Of course the bit about 35 mm taking over the "tripod and 25-100 ASA duty" was meant as a joke.(posted 9213 days ago)I'm seldom using anything bigger than f4 for street/reportage photography with 35 mm if I can help it. Of course there's times when f2 or even f1.4 will be needed for depth of field reasons and of course only 35 mm can go to that extreme.
MF however uses longer focal lengths than 35 mm for the same angle, so the difference in minimum depth of field between 35 mm and MF isn't as big as it might seem.
When the 35 mm shooter needs f2 or f1.4 because of low light, the MF shooter can use f2.8 and a film that's two stops faster and archive roughly the same degree of grain and sharpness etc.For the majority of reportage/street work when the light isn't that low and a reasonable amount of depth of field is appropriate, the new handholdable auto everything MF cameras will allow you to use the same film that you would have used in a 35 mm camera, but get nicer gradients and bigger enlargement possibilities.