Cost aside, is there a reason people would choose one over the other? They're both light-ish, the wood camera has more movements (inc rear swing and shift, unlike the JMC, but I rarely use these movements). Wood front tilt is axis and base, metal is base only (I prefer axis). Wood has slightly longer bellows, but both are adquate. Aesthetics are different, but are irrelevant to me. Strength - If I knock my Toyo 810M down in the field, and the gg is intact, I pick it up (just the once, really!) and run so nobody sees the damage I've done to the ground - will the JMC survive better than the wood, or will it bend? Other comments?



I hope this fits alongside Chris Jordan's recent query about the (less common) Phillips 8x10.



Richard.