It's also manageable for anything except multi-hour backpacking. Panoramic photography is a particular interest of mine, and the Fuji 617 and Hasselblad XPan fill this bill. In the case of the XPan it is dual-purpose, also serving as a wonderful travel and vacation camera. In the Fall of 2000 I also added the very specialized Noblex 150UX . A 35mm system is most photographer's mainstay.
Large format is the final category.
After some 20 years away from the format in the spring of '99 I decided to get back into it and have recently added a Toyo VX125 monorail field camera and three lenses to my arsenal. I frequently will take two complete systems in the car, using whichever is most appropriate for a particular shooting environment or scene. I pack my clothes in a checked duffel bag because it's long enough to also hold the tripod and ball-head. More on each of these systems and travel tips below and in the connected pages. The XPan was purchased in early 1999 and has seen a great deal of use since then.