>>3401446Time, practice, lots of days in the field, and loads of gumption. Don't forget to be humble too, because there's plenty of times where I've sucked badly and not known it.
>>3401447Pretty decent advice.
>>3401448Glad to hear it. I mean if you correct Velvia to where it has a "correct" balance it will look very bland and defeats the purpose. Plus, I made a print yesterday of it and though it looked good. Pic related.
>>3401449If you're poor get whatever you can afford. The Intrepid will do the job, as will any used field camera. I like to make sure they are light so it's not as back breaking to hike/backpacking with. I used to use a Toyo and it's a damn brick. Amazing camera but stupid heavy. I *just* got a Chamonix and love it already, so that will probably replace both the Toyo and the Intrepid as it's just as rigid as the former and almost as light as the later. I really don't mean to spam my site here, but I happen to have a post I wrote up on choosing a 4x5 and lenses so I'll link it here:
http://www.alexburkephoto.com/blog/2018/2/13/choosing-a-4x5-camera-and-lenses 