After selling my TK45 a few years ago, and spending altogether too much time peering through the teensy VF of my 5D MKII, I'm getting the urge to have an 8x10 for wet plate.

Have a few old Gundlach projector lenses I might play with and I'll probably get one decrepit 'real' lens for portraits. Not interested in sharp at the expense of character.

I've always liked the Toyo 810MII as being able to pack up the kit reasonably small would be nice, but I'm not set on any camera as of yet. Any camera suggestions from you alt process folks?

Sorry that this is a tad vague, but I watched Ian Ruhter's Silver and Light again and figured I should start thinking about what camera to base my kit around.

Any compelling reasons to go with one camera over another?

Thanks!

Jon