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View camera Toyo 810M (negative format 8x10").
This practically indestructible travel camera was my preferred workhorse from 1990 until 2001.
Together with 4 lenses, 10 film sheet film holders and a solid tripod the overall weight of the equipment was more than 50 pounds.
With quite a nostalgic feeling I sold the camera in 2008...
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Linhof Technikardan 4x5"
Weight without lens is appr. 6 pounds. Combination of the principle of the optical bench with the drop bed mechanics of a view camera. The refined turning mechanism allows a folding down to minimum space.
This camera still serves as a fall back system, but with the change to digital technique it is in use less and less.