"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
And if you are shooting in the studio the camera weight doesn't matter either...
If you want a light foldable 8x10 then expect to pay for it (except for the Intrepid) and if you want something that cost significantly less (about 1/4th the price of a new camera) then you normally end up sacrificing weight.
You mention that you are new to large format in your first post. What cameras do you have already (if any)? If this is your first camera it might actually make more sense to start off with a 4x5 camera rather than 8x10 if you haven't tried large format already. Have you given any thought as to how you are going to scan or print the photos you plan to make with large format?
storage space is a consideration too - which is another factor in favour of light and foldable
I don't mind paying a bit extra to have one camera which is versatile, and which can also be portable if I want to go shoot a bit of film without all the wetplate gear as well.
This will be my first large format camera. I've done a workshop and had some hands on experience - however, I have some photo projects in mind for wetplate, and I'd prefer to execute those on 8x10 - which is why I want to just buy everything for 8x10 size , and then do initial testing on a 4x5 reducing back to practice - but be able to move to 8x10 without needing to re-buy everything again
I'm a member of a local darkroom which has access to all variety of developing, scanning and enlargers that can handle up to 8x10 format. But my initial plans are to mainly focus on wetplate experiments
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