If you are truly passionate about LF photography, then you do not even consider the whims and fancies of the corporate world. It truly does not matter. Don hit the nail directly on the head - you do what you have to do to make images. W H Jackson as just one example, did so years before infrastructure even thought about a commercial venture and his negatives from the late 1800's are simply marvelous even by today's standards as are his prints.
I look at it this way. If you could go for say a month (or longer) without making images and it does not drive you crazy then do yourself a favor and sell your equipment while the prospects are still good and fine another hobby to distract yourself with. Go digital, make cabinets or whatever. Without the passion and the enjoyment that comes from the engagement of that passion, whats the point? All you are doing is introducing stress in your life that you do not need. This industry is far from dead but perception if the only reality. And you can tell immediately by responses to this question what kind of attitude folks have about the future.
Cheers!
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