Hi everyone...

I have just decided its time to move up to a large format camera or ultra-large format...

I currently shoot the following cameras.

Nikon F6 - Quick landscapes/some portraiture
Nikon D2Xs - Test exposures, wildlife, macro work.
Fotoman 617 - Panoramic Landscapes. This is my primary photographic tool

I want to move to either an 8x10 camera with a 4x10 back (I love my panoramic images) or maybe something as extreme as a 7x17.

I have not yet shot a camera that has movements.. This I very much look forward to.. I am VERY interested to hear peoples thoughts on their cameras, and maybe some ideas on format to choose and best ways to do panoramic images.. I hear you can have an 8x10 camera with a dark plate that only exposes half the film so you can essentially shoot two 4x10 images on one 8x10 sheet of film, not requiring you to cut the film in a dark room first.. This would be ideal.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to being a part of the large format photography community

Alex.