large format film is alive and kicking.

This is a good article about film and photography and I think there's a lot you can take from it if your willing.
"45 cameras are the definition of old-school photographic technology. They've existed in some form since about the 1830s. Yet they're still made today with the most current manufacturing techniques."
Why Shoot Large Format Film in a Digital World?
https://photographylife.com/why-shoot-large-format-film
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That's interesting. I learned on an 8x10 Deardorff and used a few different 4x5's during my career. We switched (of course) to digital as it got good enough. While I still appreciate film, digital offered speed and convenience that I would never give up. I spent years in a darkroom processing film and paper. I maintained Versamats and Royal Prints and what ever those small film processors where called. We had an enlarger for the HUGE areal negatives that was so big it was powered.
All that went for disposal when digital came and I'm glad it's gone.
...and what the hell was that film copier thing?....oh ya, the Colenta. Man that thing was a pain in the ass. It broke constantly. I spent more time fixing it than using it.
All that went for disposal when digital came and I'm glad it's gone.
...and what the hell was that film copier thing?....oh ya, the Colenta. Man that thing was a pain in the ass. It broke constantly. I spent more time fixing it than using it.
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Largest I've shot is 120, would love to give large format a go sometime.
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Bobb
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Thu, Oct 16I read an article about how Playboy photographers work and most of their shoots where done on 120-220 but the centerfolds where ALWAYS done on an 8x10. This is the reason that they where so good. I collected the mag for decades and the centerfolds where spectacular in their detail. It can be quite the process to set up a shot and they used a mannequin to arrange everything and fuss with lighting. When they where happy with the scene, the Playmate was brought in and posed. Even with all that time setting up, she often still had to spend an hour holding the pose while details where fussed with.