Although I like my Sinar F system, I find the high rail clamp of the F creates a lot of torque on my tripod head and tripod. It's also a rather wobbly setup out in the field.
After doing some research here and other places it seems maybe I should have more seriously considered a Norma rather than the F. I got a pretty good deal on the camera, hard case, bellows, etc... So I can easily recoop my expenses on what won't transfer over but I wonder if "upgrading" to the older Norma would give me the solid lock down of an all metal camera but still be portable like a field camera but with rear shift and rise which I would very much miss on a similarly priced field camera.
I tend to mount the camera directly to the tripod without a head to reduce weight and add stability. But I need a lot of rear movement that way since it's not super easy to point down without the head.
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