"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."
I would agree that trying your hand at 4 x 5 would be worth your time to understand the work flow and process. Then you can jump to ULF if you wish. When I jumped in to 20x24 I just built a black form board and duct tape box camera. The foam board film holder was a bit trickier, but can be done. Save the money on film and a lens. Watch ebay obsessively for some out of date real film. Or paper negatives.
I had a good experience with this approach (gateway) before I bought a proper camera. You will be at $5,000 in no time.
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