Thank you all for the warm welcome. I appreciate the advice from all of you, and I will no doubt be seeking much more of it in the coming year.
I think I have just about exhausted reading all the articles both on this site as well as the free ones at View Camera. That was a good start in getting a base of knowledge to expand on for a beginner.
Steve, I'll definitely get your book and perhaps the one by Jim Stone to start. I got the Stroebel book as a good reference work that I figured I'd go back to regularly as I need more info on a given aspect of LF. It's kind of like college textbook, so it feels as if I'm going back to film school in a way!
I've exchanged some emails with a LF forum member who lives in the L.A. area, and he has offered to show me his 4x5 Ebony and a few lenses sometime. I'm looking forward to seeing it, and it'll be nice to meet a LF enthusiast in my neck of the woods.
Sheldon, thank you for the well wishes regarding the movie. I think it's pretty funny, and judging from a couple of screenings I've attended, including the Premiere the other night, I think it will do alright.
Ron, thank you for the 5x7 article link. I did read it.
And to the rest, thank you as well. I look forward to getting to know you at least in the virtual world, and perhaps to meet a few of you on travels down the line.
Finally, I frequent a few forums dedicated to various interests of mine, and there is often a steep learning curve when it comes to noobs and their basic level questions that can irritate some long time members and experts of the given forum. I will do my best to search before posting questions that have probably been asked hundreds of times, but I'm sure a couple of dumb questions are bound to come from me now and then. So... I'm apologizing in advance!
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