I've had one now for a year, and use it as much as any camera I have. It is great for hiking, and gives one a nice entrance into 8x10.
It's limitations are acceptable to me. It will never hold a 6 pound lens on the front, or a do well with really long lens [I shoot 210mm/300mm].
It's affected by wind. Getting everything square takes some fiddling. Rotating the back is a little slow. It's wood, you have to treat it gingerly.
You can't crank all the knobs down like the dickens to make it 'sturdier', you let it settle.
It weighs about 3 lbs. For it's price point and target usage, it hits it pretty well, imho.
-Tim
some pics I've taken with it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stormi...tags/intrepid/
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