Sorry could not come on yesterday. Thanks for all the replies and helpful advice, some looks very interesting and I shall do a bit more digging before I jump in a give it a try.
As for the customer, no I am afraid that I have not seen him since but he only comes in every few months. But indeed we do get 'I shall have to kill you' types...
As for the quality of the prints, we do get to see quite a lot and although I try to ignore the subject matter or 'artistic quality' of what I get shown, at the end of the day fine grains, mid-tones and details are pretty empirical.
I do have some doubt as to whether he was pulling a fast one and just showed me some large format panF print, especially as how reluctant he was to get into details which is what nags me. I am of course female and I am afraid it is not unheard of that some male customers might show off a little or see whether I would swallow a fast one, not expecting actual technical queries which would explain his reluctance to go into details.
Nonetheless, I will read up on the helpful links and the plan is to use pinhole if the weather is ok this week-end and duplicate all shots, then process one set normally and the other overnight and then compare. Might as well find out!
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