Gavjenks
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"It hasn't been done often" is not itself a reason why it is impractical.
If it was practical why was it not be done more often in the 130 year history of roll film.
Because it's probably impractical for the average/typical usage case and average/typical motivations.
Which, again, may not be the same as my motivations or usage. Large companies manufacturing consumer goods don't cater to weird gizmo tinkerers or people who want to use their cameras for strange experiments. For the vast majority of photography history, LF camera makers would have been catering to basically landscape and portrait professionals, and that's about it. Nowadays it's probably still almost all portrait and landscape professionals, although more niches and artistic uses, and what "landscape" means of course will have crept in, percentage wise.
This does not match my profile very well. I'm not looking for the most efficient solution in terms of investment and profit for selling images to the public to hang on their walls. So the actions of an industry that HAS been focused on that do not necessarily apply to me. Things like pure investment return, streamlined workflow, etc.
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