I've had an idea lodged in my head for a long enough time that I want to start work on it. There is no deadline, I don't mind working slowly in my spare minutes and hours to make something worthwhile.

I love square format, and have several 6x6 MF cameras on hand, but I also miss working with a view camera. I need movements. I know I can just shoot 4x5 or whatever and crop to square, but I'd rather have a camera set up to shoot 4x4 with a custom back and holders.

The camera itself is not firmly established. I have a Toyo 4x5 monorail so that's what I'll concentrate on for now, but only because I already have it. Eventually I'd like another field camera.

The goal is to have modified film holders and a modified back to work with 4x4 cut film, which I'll cut down from 4x5 with a stack cutter.

If you were to go about such a ridiculous pursuit, how would you go about it? Keeping in mind that just cropping 4x5 later isn't a thing in this discussion.