I just pack the Sinar F's or Norma ready to go - no need to fold anything, just extend the bellows and go from there. It forms a T, with the camera per se downward in the cushioned top part of the external frame pack, and my extra-long rail solidly resting across the top. I keep the compendium in place, and can even keep any focal length of lens already in place if I wish. What folder can do that? Even two poly boxes of 6 film holders each can nest, one box on each side of the inverted camera. I don't ordinarily carry that much film anymore, but have done so many times. And I'm speaking from the viewpoint of a long lens addict needing a lot of rail, who therefore is far more likely to remove a section of the rail for an occasional wide-angle shot than add one. A short lens kit would therefore be even more compact.
It all fits, plus, at least in my teenage days of my 40's and 50's, with up to two weeks of serious backpacking and mountain gear and supplies. Nowadays, if I want to do that kind of thing, it's more likely I will choose my little Ebony folder and a couple of 6X9 roll film backs instead. But for over three decades, I proved to myself that Sinar gear can be quite portable if you think things out. I've been some pretty rugged and remote places with it, hundreds of trips in fact. Sinar P's components - nope - that never leaves the lab/studio.
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