This is my first post here (Hi!), and though I am spending a LOT of time researching LF, I still have many many questions. Please bear with me.
I feel very tempted by the 4x5 offerings by Shen-Hao. (HZX or the TZ). However there is also now the XPO. The big *thing* about the XPO seems to be that it takes Sinar shutters, and some speak very warmly about those. Can somebody shed a little light on why the Sinar stuff is desirable? As I will likely be getting s/h lenses, I would like to go down a route with ok availability on that market.
Apart from that I tend to like the non-folding concept of the XPO and the slightly higher weight is not a problem. I will be walking with it, but probably not more than a couple of kilometers.
I am sure I would be happy with a HZX or TZ, but if the Sinar-friendly XPO has some profound advantages I will wait for that. FWIW I plan to take a trip to Robert White and do the the shopping. LF is small here in Denmark.
Off course there are many other options, but price/performance for Shen-Hao seems sweet to me.
EDIT: Yes, I have no LF experience. Currently I am a happy RZ67 user, and in particular I love to use the tilt/shift adaptor. But I lust for more movement and 6x12.
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