if i could buy...

[back alley]

…a film kit!

i think i would go for a bessa r4 and a cv 25 lens.

i have had many rf cameras in my time and enjoyed most of them but one that sticks in my mind as fun and reliable and modern ( i would want modern) then the r4 is the one!

how about you digital users…what film kit might you buy?

 

[jsrockit]

Rollei 35 SE
Leica M7 w/ 50mm Voigtlander 1.5 M Mount or Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5
Nikon F2 w/ 45mm 2.8 P
Mamiya 6 or Voigtlander Bessa III

 

[shortstop]

I'm not a digital user, except my iPhone. If I had not, I'd buy them. What? Leica MP silver with Summicron 50 and Rolleiflex 3.5 F. But I have them...

 

[daveleo]

I still have my Konica HexarAF, FM3a, Bessa-T, Minolta SRT-101, Canon Canonet (blades stick though 🙁 ).
In film gear, I do wish that I owned a M-something, probably the M6 "classic", but as a shelf-piece only.

 

[hausen]

Got mine a couple of months ago, Hasselblad 903SWC

 

[back alley]

Rollei 35 SE
Leica M7 w/ 50mm Voigtlander 1.5 M Mount or Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5
Nikon F2 w/ 45mm 2.8 P
Mamiya 6 or Voigtlander Bessa III

oh, the mamiya 6…i had 2 of those…i think another one would be great fun!

 

[Pioneer]

Film Kit = ZI + ZM Sonnar
Digital Kit = MM + Leica Lux

🙂

 

[Doug]

Bronica RF645 I think, very easy to like this nifty compact. The R4 and 25 is a nice combo too though...

 

[DougFord]

the sony rx2.
Yeah, I know it doesn't exist yet but neither does the money I'd need to buy one. (see what I did there?)

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Intresting...

I was strictly digital in terms of photography around 2006-2011.
And I knew next to nothing about film gear back then. Bessa Rs, Leica Ms, Rollei 35s and Hasselblads just not exists to me. 🙂

Family FED-2, cheap next to disposable P&S and most affordable EOS "something" film Rebel with cheap zoom on it was more than enough to me before 2006 and for couple of decades prior to...

 

[Lauffray]

Hasselblad 500cm with 80mm Zeiss lens
A high end film scanner

 

[Lauffray]

Rollei 35 SE
Leica M7 w/ 50mm Voigtlander 1.5 M Mount or Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5
Nikon F2 w/ 45mm 2.8 P
Mamiya 6 or Voigtlander Bessa III

All film John ? 🙂

 

[icebear]

I haven't sold off my film Ms yet, although I haven't used them since I got the M9 and MM. Changing ISO on the fly and having this quality (below) at ISO2500 is just awesome 😀.

 

[stompyq]

Me? if I had the money and the means I would get a 12x20 banquet camera. Sigh... Someday...

Failing that
Speedgraphic modded with Aero-ektar or a pertzval
Leica M6+CV 35mm 1.2

 

[BillBingham2]

Well as being able to afford it was not specifically part of the question then.......

Plaubel Makina W67 6x7 w/WIDE NIKKOR 55mm F/4.5.

Light weight, big negative, folds pretty flat, interesting glass.

B2

 

[jky]

1. Leica M6 w/ 35mm summicron or voigtlander f2.5 pancake.

2. Contax T3

 

[Godfrey]

…a film kit!

i think i would go for a bessa r4 and a cv 25 lens.

i have had many rf cameras in my time and enjoyed most of them but one that sticks in my mind as fun and reliable and modern ( i would want modern) then the r4 is the one!

how about you digital users…what film kit might you buy?

What might I buy, or what do I have?

I have tons of cameras, both film and digital. All different kinds. If I wanted an RF camera with a meter in it, the Leica CL with 40mm. If I prefer a body without a meter, the Leica M4-2 with 50mm lens.

I have both of those as well as many other assorted 35mm, 8x11, and 6x6 film cameras. But what I find myself drawn to using, more and more of the time, is a Polaroid Spectra or SX-70. There's something about how a Polaroid integral film camera sees that is special to my eyes.

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[f16sunshine]

An original Olive M3 and chrome asph 50mm Summilux.

Nah... I have everything I need. Would rather get rid of some stuff.

 

[lxmike]

Rollei 35 SE
Leica M7 w/ 50mm Voigtlander 1.5 M Mount or Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5
Nikon F2 w/ 45mm 2.8 P
Mamiya 6 or Voigtlander Bessa III

Sir your choice show that you are a gentleman with great taste, the F2 with 45mm what a great set up

 

[zuiko85]

Already have my favorite, a Oly Pen F so perhaps a back up/second body. And some lenses I don't need but want for the Pen F, like...
25mm f2.8
38mm f2.8 Pancake
70mm f2
250mm f5

Yeah, that should take care of it.