Recently, I started to do my own B&W processing and contact proofs for 4x5 negatives, using trays and, for the printing, a 7.5 watt frosted lightbulb combined with some elementary dodging and burning. I've come to the conclusion that I want to do my own enlarging and printing. Having watched a very experienced wet printer at work, and having played around with Photoshop, I'm satisfied that both processes involve significant learning curves. Rather than buy equipment for, and try to learn, both, I want to concentrate on one or the other. Hence my question, posed particularly to those who have experience with both processes. If you had to make a choice between the two, for both B&W and Colour, which would you choose, and why? Thanks.
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