I also progressed from 35 to MF then on to LF. But......if I get an assignment for punchy color pics (just finished a large Nevada Commission on Tourism grant for 14 20X30's) I use the Mamiya. Had someone ask if those 20X30's were from 8X10 originals! So even though I have the bigger cameras and am enjoying them for B&W work, a good MF system and Velvia is all anyone needs for color work as far as I'm concerned. 4X5 Velvia etc. is expensive compared to 120 roll. And then you start the dust hassles! And then you go to "readyloads." And then it's REALLY expensive. I remember a View Camera piece about 6 years ago now where a guy was knocking himself out carrying an 8X10 all over the desert SW and making these killer Velvia chromes. Even then and increasingly since, no one appreciates all that hard work. They just figure you pumped it all up in photo shop with the "hue-saturation" slider.
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