I'd been thinking of acquiring a second hand 5x4 Sinar view camera for architectural photography on e-Bay because I thought that the film for my old 5x7 camera was no longer available. But I then discovered that it still possible to buy this film. I ordered then bought some 5x7 colour film today for my old monorail Cambo 5x7 view camera with its simple ground glass.

I haven't used this camera in over a decade. I'd decided to return to it to do more in the way of urban architectural photography because I need to move beyond the limits of 35m wide angle digital approach:

I appreciate that, as the use of view cameras declines in favor of digital photography, the swing and tilt movements of the view camera are being simulated using computer software. In the days of film it was a truism that the bigger the negative the higher the image quality. 4X5" trumped medium format, and medium format trumped 35mm. No one with any real-world experience debated this.

Film? What's film? Oh, don't you remember. We used to use that in the last century, didn't we?

However, since I cannot afford a digital back on a view camera I'm stuck with using sheet film holders and viewing the world upside down and laterally reversed under a dark cloth. Hence the decision to return to the Cambo 5x7; wgich was then reinforced when I found that I can continue to acquire the gear I need for the camera on e-Bay.