Amen Sam! In the custom gun end of the photo business we had to send guns to "professional photographers" they kept the guns for weeks and sometimes months before returning. CHARGED a huge sum of money for the photos and with the shipping & insurance the cost was as much as a store bought gun! On top of that they still owned and sold the prints or transparencies as they pleased.
Sam, I too remember all to well ... long evenings in the darkroom processing the 4x5 - 8x10 negatives/positives after a long day in the studio or location. Chapped/cracked bleeding hands from photo chemistry .... nope don't miss those days at all. Thank goodness for digital photography.The crap I had to go through loading sheet film in the dark and shooting transparencies with a 4x5 studio camera and then driving them to New Orleans for processing, and driving back for pickup, and spending a bloody fortune on prints...jeesh!
OK... I love photo equipment and table top photography so... I ordered one! It looks a lot nicer than the photo cubes and continuous lighting on stands I've been using.