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[nikon_sam]

I think every photographer should try the following at least once:

TLR
View Camera
Swing Lens Panoramic Camera
Fixed Lens Panoramic Camera
Rangefinder

I agree with the View Camera or 4x5 camera...
When I bought mine and got it home I had it all spread out on the floor and all I could think was "What did I just do...???"
After using it I couldn't understand why anyone (photographer) wouldn't want to use them...I also believe every photographer should use one at least once...

 

[Chris101]

I agree with the View Camera or 4x5 camera...
When I bought mine and got it home I had it all spread out on the floor and all I could think was "What did I just do...???"
After using it I couldn't understand why anyone (photographer) wouldn't want to use them...I also believe every photographer should use one at least once...

Well yeah, at least once - more likely 'once in a while'. I just don't like all that fiddling. And the tripod is a buzzkill.

 

[wray]

Geez Ray - I had no idea you were into suicide cults!

Never been to South America but was at the Filmore the night Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters showed up!

 

[Chris101]

That was a long time ago, but I'll bet it stands out in your memory - vividly!

 

[Rico]

have you ever had/used a peice of rf gear, that after owning it for a while, you just cannot understand why everyone doesn't have/use it too?

and if someone were to speak against this gear you honestly could not fathom what they were saying?

I feel exactly this way about... external viewfinders. 🙂 I think they're great for every FL, and regardless of the camera's inbuilt coverage. I now have 28/35/50/90/135 (some C/V, some Leitz), and they serve nicely on my M and Barnack. Might start using them on my DSLRs, too!

 

[Roger Hicks]

Nope.

NOTHING I own or have ever used is totally indispensable to everyone.

Some things make life easier for some sorts of pics, or I just like using them.

But I can't imagine everyone having the same needs/priorities/likes as I have. And some of the stuff people rave about, I can easily live without. TLRs, for example.

The most useful/irreplaceable thing I have, which most people don't, is a pillar-type studio stand. Once you've used one of these, tripods are horrible amateur things. But you need a studio first.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Luddite Frank]

This will probably sound pedestrian, but my RF "must-have" ( at least for LTM ) is some type of Zoom finder: my preferences are Nikon Varifocal or Tewe Polyfocus.

Mine hasn't left the accy shoe of my user Leica III for years.

I tried the Leitz Imarect, and just couldn't cope with the squintiness...


Luddite Frank

 

[sparrow6224]

Nikkor Ai 105mm f/2.5. If I had the Summicron-M pre-ASPH 35mm I bet I'd feel that way about it but no other lens I own feels so distinctly irreplaceable and unique. (I've heard the early RF version is pretty hot too....)

 

[MCTuomey]

in my very limited way of seeing things, i've long wondered why the RF world doesn't worship with me at the altar of the sonnars.

 

[f/8andBe]

I thought that's why we were here! 😛

My OM-2 comes to mind! :angel:

I love my OM-2's, 21, 35, 50, 100 and 200. Unfortunately, they've become art themselves on the bookshelves as I just beat them to hell. But I'll never get rid of them.

And as far as something I feel should be in everyone's bag, Holga, or something similar. For 20 bucks, why not, and for the images they're capable of producing, easily the most bang for the buck.

 

[amateriat]

Of course, it is true that all of ya do need an M3.

I've a notion your finger slipped on the keys...you did mean an M2, right?

Most every camera I've owned has at least had a small-but-loyal following, though in some cases it took some time for recognition (I recall my early hears here when I felt like the only guy shooing with the Hexar RF, though now I do feel like one of only two people here shooting with a Contax Tvs).


- Barrett