Great Thread, Thanks Chris for getting it started. Regarding the Frakencamera, a few years back I tried the Cambo Ultima 35 with a cannon 1ds mk2 along with various Schneider & Hasselblad lenses.
I found that the gear tolerances were not fine enough with the Ultima 35 for this type of setup and that I was constantly having to deal with the movements not staying put. I am guessing that is not an issue with this new generation of view cameras?