Lenny,
I think we have been around the block on this story as well. I could not disagree with you more about the quality of our current film offerings in LF. Some of the modern films, Fuji Acros, Tmax-100 and Tmax-400, are just outstanding. Even in MF with a top camera and lens like Mamiya 7 equipment one can easily make exhibition quality prints up to 20X24" , or even larger, with films like Acros and T-Max 100. To say nothing of what one can do with a 5X7" negative.
And if you don't like the modern T-grain films there are still plenty of traditional type emulsion films around, like HP5+, TRI-X 320, FP4+, Efke PL100, etc.
Yes, LF film costs a lot more, and no, it probably won't be around with the current level of variety for much longer, but what we have now is just outstanding, in my very humble opinion.
Sandy King
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