I'm affraid it won't be long

[MIke Sherck]

I'm curious why you felt the need to post that here. Are you asking for help, trying to mend the ways of the lost, or what? What are you after? Approval, rejection, argument?

Mike

[ic-racer]

If you are going the computer graphics route, you might as well just ray trace. I will save you the hassle of having to lug around any equipment...

[paulr]

I'm going to Yosemite in May and will bring my 4x5 but I'm only bringing aroung 6-7 holders instead of my usual 12-15 holders.

You're bringing both camera systems?
Would be nice if you posted some side by side results.

[jp]

People will line up to fight/bid for your stuff. Might as well let it get used.

[IanG]

It's the OP's choice and the interesting thing is how many are returning to film sand particularly large format, so a loss will be others gain.

Ian

[johnmsanderson]

[Vaughn]

For a minute I thought I was on APUG (I usually have both active on my browser so it is easy to get confused!)

Use whatever system that best speaks to one's own personal vision. That is what counts. Why one photographs is so much more important than what one photographs with...and eventually one discovers what system best satisfies the why.

Personally, ease of use and ease of printing are the last criteria I place on my art. I can sometimes get frustrated by the time requirements of being a single father of triplet teenagers on a limited budget, but I do not consider it important enough to sacrifice my artistic vision and the joy I get working the way I do. If the OP is satisfied with the end results he gets, then he should continue on his path and strive to make improvements in his vision and in his end results...no matter what his means are.

[BrianShaw]

C'ya. Wouldn't want to b'ya.

Really, though... good luck to you in whatever imagemaking you do.

[paulr]

People will line up to fight/bid for your stuff. Might as well let it get used.

I see your point, but I look at resale values right now and they're not great. And if something happens, like copal shutters stop being made and there's a scarcity of modern LF optics, the price trend could reverse, right in time for me to decide I want to do another LF project.

Also, I have more sentimental attachment to the camera and lenses than I do to the darkroom equipment that I sold.

I don't have anything so exotic that I should feel bad about depriving the world of my stuff ...

[Kevin Crisp]

I read the first sentence and assumed you'd moved up to 5X7.