I know a professional photographer who walked the Camino with a homemade camera obscura. He didn't have any problems with weight or safety, at most with rain, since he built the camera in a shoe box.
https://ueberlicht.de/2011/ausstellung-caminobscura-guenter-derleth-sven-nieder/
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