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Consider the fuji gw690 and the gsw and related 6x7 and 6x8 versions too, if you want larger/longer negs. But the Fuji 645s will wow you for sure.

+1!

Good luck defining a rational value for such a low volume, faddish item. Look, the price is what the marketing people determined they could get. And they know that their whole storefront market could be gone overnight, just like the fashions in those stores. Think about the pricing this way...

I think you may well see what you want simply by coating your print with something like varnish or gum or such. I haven no desire to double down on Pt solution when the price is $1600/oz. But that's just me.

Ah where's your artistic conviction??!!! ;)

I think you mean individually molded plastic. Think about it, the defect has become the effect. Why? Well it's the antithesis of pixel perfection. I still don't see why some insist that the product value is merely the "rational" material value. That has never been true in any business...

I have some fresh 11x14 provia, that's it. Everything else is 8x10 or other such diminutive formats ;) Other than that, if you're shooting ULF then why not make colour sep negs. Probably lower cost than high-end colour materials and the result will probably be quite interesting. You can...

Sorry it pains you, but there are *many* objects out there that are incorrectly priced. And the desire of the customer trumps all, when you're in consumer business. It would be nice if we had enough analogue people active in photography today to educate through example, but that's just not...

If you think something... anything... is overpriced, then simply don't buy it. Let the market take its course. Like I said before, I can think of all kinds of photographic items that are overpriced. Not just these "low end" items. So what. I am not compelled by ego, nor by fashion, nor by...

Well you can get platinesque effects from ziatype which is way less expensive, and it might work better for thin negs too, but I don't know offhand.

Well, first of all, medium format offers more diversity than any other area in photography. Way more diversity. There are medium format SLRs, RFs, TLRs, view cameras of every type, you name it. So take a tour if you can- try to get some gear in your hands and get a feeling for what will help...

Oh, well why not give platinum and/or palladium printing a try with your thin neg(s). The tone differentiation might suit your negs better than silver. Yep, silver is a b*tch with thin negs.... doable but not pleasant. Some people just automatically throw in the towel and hit it with selenium...

Go forth and print, and look at it from a reasonable distance and decide for yourself. If it were I, of course I would do it. As long as the magnification doesn't reveal some embarrassing flaw of technique! My blog essay on print size may interest you. Or maybe not ;) These days, I think...

Could you post an image that you like? Then we might be able to say how to get close with normal film and printing techniques.

I would recommend superpan and a deep red filter (filter factor EV + ~2-3) or #72 (EV + ~6-8) if you need faster exposures; a #87 requires very long exposures (EV + ~10-12) but gives very strong "effects." I have some examples from superpan and Rollei IR in my apug gallery. August will be...

Ah okay, yeah, I would recommend the fm2n, I love it. An fm3a might be worth a look, though they are pricey. But then if you really liked the F3 then get an F3, why not.... An RF might be good if your interests tend to wide angles and you are more interested in precise timing than precise...

I would suggest the F100. It is a sort of F5 "Lite"- much less of a beast but almost equally packed with helpful features. The metering is exceptional, and it's just as much fun for manual lenses as for AF. With the vertical grip, I expect that the F100 would make a very nice climbing...

Why not put a mamiya rz 110/2.8 on there.

I know have this print and highly recommend it, it's even better in person.

Interesting. Could someone please post some seasoned versus unseasoned results?

Well, at least the (negative) colours wouldn't be coupled with the mask, so I guess you could more easily filter in whatever way pushes all the info into tones that can be properly rendered by your b&w film or paper.

People. Go back and watch the Berger video. Everything that can intelligently be said about this subject has been said and with less invective.

One idea would be just to make an enlarged interpositive on panchromatic b&w film and then off you go. You can play color filter games in that step, which could be interesting. Otherwise you may want to use an in-camera filter to shift the tones to something that will be appropriate for the...

I am sure he would be pleased! Intriguing perspective and great leading lines. I think I need another print from you :)

Good choice. Be happy. Don't forget the 6x8 back if you can find one. May be able to adapt a 6x9 back as well.

Let me suggest the classic and provocative little book by John Berger, Ways of Seeing. There is a BBC film version on youtube; part 1 is here. I can almost guarantee that the lecturer was engaging in similar provocation of the class. It's a very old subject, commodification of art. Marx's...

Excellent idea! Nice example of memento mori / memento vivere...

Get the 65 and the 6x8 back. I am not a fan of the rb 50s (compared with the amazing 50 uld on the rz,at least) but it might work well for you, especially for b&w work. The 65 is excellent and is also rather inexpensive for what it delivers.

Extremely effective image!

I don't think any sales can be bad at this point, even if they are one-off, big purchases that won't repeat. Film makers are not going to scale up production and get stuck with inventory; if anything they will scale back and raise prices.