Since I carry my gear on my back, I've gone to a lightweight cloth I designed myself (and had my wife sew up for me). It is a rectangle of black cotton twill (gaberdine) about 36"x50" -- just long enough to wrap around my 8x10 camera. I have velcro along the rear that forms a peaked hood for my head and velcro at the front corners so I can stick them together wrapping it around the rear standard of my camera. I have also made weights out of steel bar stock with self-stick velcro I can add to the lower edge if it gets windy. It is more than dark enough, heavy enough to drape nicely over me and the camera, yet weighs less than a pound and takes up hardly any room in the pack. Since it is cotton it breathes well enough that I don't sweat under it in warm weather. All in all, it works great.
I also have an ultralight-weight version for my 4x5 made from the same material. This one is more like a hood of a sweatshirt in the rear, then elongated toward the front with just enough material to velcro around the rear of my 4x5. It weighs less than 1/2 pound and also works very well.
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