A few points, forget any kind of studio flash lighting, it's hot lights only and with the kind of lighting needed for LF style photography you are going to melt the model before you manage to finish the frame!
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HMI lights? Admitedely very expensive.
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Computers. What kind of monster would you need to process those files, just 5 layers would grind down almost every desktop available at this point in time!
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A Mac Pro WS 8 or 16 GB Ram should be more than enough. 1GB per file is only twice more than what you get with scanned 4*5 in 16 bits and I have been dealing with those on a 2 GB Win XP without major problems.
Crucial now sells Mac Pro workstation compatible at 1150 US$ for 2*2 GB. More than RAM, storage will quickly become the problem.
A 3-4 TB Raid 5 IEEE or USB2 unit seems mandatory. Sansdigital gets my vote so far.
How does the price compare to a phase 1 P45? it doesn't seem that far from it or am I mistaken?
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It is actually a good 15% more expensive that a P45 considering the rate of the Euro vs US$. If it delivers, it is however in a different category all together.
Cheers,
Bernard