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Crumbs! Those are lovely (and well out of my price range). I've recently finished putting my system together (a bit more vintage) but my SL1200 MK2 is only working on one channel so I need to check the wiring. :/

I only home scan large format really and use Epson Scan still. Seems to work ok after spending some time getting the settings right. Mainly for B&W, though. I still cannot get great colour reproduction at home, annoyingly.

I may have to try some although I'm not much of a landscapist and have just got a box of HP5 in 8x10 and quite a few boxes of 4x5 to use first.

I LOVED my F3/t in champagne. One of the cameras I regret selling as they don't come along in that good condition very often and not for the reasonable price I paid.

Quick Google suggest it is indeed an electronic shutter. "The OM-1 had been a manual mechanical camera with only match-needle metering. But the OM-2, despite being the same compact size as its predecessor, substituted an electronic shutter to allow manual operation and aperture priority with...

Also has an electronic shutter IIRC so needs batteries to power it.

F3 has an electronic shutter so not the fully mechanical the OP is looking for. Which is a shame as I am a massive fan of the F3. I miss my F3/T. FM2n would be where I would look now for fully mechanical but over the budget.

Leica M11 (64GB), M11P (256GB), Hasselblad X2DII (1TB) are the ones that come to mind in the latest ones that I know of. I'm sure there must be more.

That's funny you should say that as I often look at B&H to see if I can get Kodak colour film cheaper after shipping and duty. 8x10 is still way out of my price range, especially given my lack of subjects currently.

It's on the website at freestyle photo and marked as in stock so seems a safe bet. https://www.freestylephoto.com/1182351-Ilford-Pan-F+-50-ISO-8x10-25

Magnum Contact sheets is such a great book, too. Made me want to have a flick through so thanks of rthe reminder.

I have only recently discovered PF (I know) and I have been playing a first pressing of this as well as WYWH. It's just glorious. Can't believe it took me so long.

Movie lighting at that power would surely be ridiculously hot and bright for the sitter? I've gone ahead and purchased a Bowens 3K unit. I'll report back how it goes.

It is possible, of course. Exposures of typically 5+ seconds with the right amount of power. Just weighing up all the options now. There are a couple of 3k flash heads and packs available at the moment.

I have the book, 'Chemical Pictures' coming this week so hopefully that will give me some more information. Also, it can of course be done with natural light outdoors with several seconds of exposure so perhaps a good place to start before looking at using studio flash.