Let's be honest - one camera & one lens...?

[MoTR]

Leica MP and 35 'Lux.
Plain. Simple. Effective.
And APX 100 is my baby.

 

[Pherdinand]

But really, as I think more about it, william, this question makes no sense with your restrictions.
I have the GSN and many other stuff because i CAN have all of them, and i like to switch between them once in a while.
If i would be restricted to really have a one-one combo, i would not have the GSN or the 70 y old rolleiflex, i qould have something more versatile like a mamiya 6 or 7 and a 55-ish lens. Or a big zoom,yes. I;m not afraid of zoom lenses anymore.

 

[aad]

Probably the Pentax MX with 50/1.7, though I use my Leica more often these days. Provia 100, for film.

 

[ErnestoJL]

That´s a question I´ve made myself sometimes...
There are several possible choices because not a single camera/lens combo would allow me to do everything I want.
One possible choice would be any meterless M42 SLR with either Meyer Oreston 50/1.8 or 35/2.8 macro lens, enabling me to focus down to 33 cm.
Another "universal" outfit may be a Contax II / Kiev4 with either coll. CZJ Tessar 50/2.8 or J8, or J12. Needless to say I´ll include a LunaPro.
Film? HP5, Tri X or BW400CN.

Ernesto

 

[PetarDima]

Zeiss lenses( ? mm ) on old Leica Body( with frame lines ). Film - Ilford, HP5+

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Honestly?

M6 + 50mm Summilux pre-asph

Or 5D + first version 50mm Summilux-R

 

[rbiemer]

Easy choice in the abstract:
Zorki 3m and J-8.
But thank the gods I don't have to make that choice!
Single film choice? I'll need some more time to figure that out. I'll get back to you on that. By October. 2046. I promise.😀
Rob

 

[gweldoncone]

I would have a lot of trouble choosing just one body and one lense. I am most familiar with SLR's so my firdt pick would be my F5 with the 24-120 VR lense. For a range finder I would pick my Contax G1 with the 35mm. Velvia would be the film though I am growing to love HP5.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Rolleiflex 2.8 E2, 80mm Planar is permantley attached ya know 😉
Tri-X

My M's are great cameras and I wouldn't be without one, but day in and day out my TLR's are just amazing cameras to shoot.

 

[J. Borger]

One body -one lens would not feel like a limitation to me.
M8 & 50 lux Asph ..... cause there is no M8 yet .. R-D1 & 50 Lux Asph.

 

[xabi]

M6 50 lux HP5+

considering to replace it with

M6 40 Rokkor HP5+

 

[Warren T.]

of the cameras that I own:

-Nikon F2s, Nikkor 50mm f1.4 ai

- RF only: Fed 2d, J-8 50mm

film: Tri-X


--Warren

 

[Marc-A.]

Probably the Pentax MX with 50/1.7, though I use my Leica more often these days. Provia 100, for film.

It's funny.
From the day I touched a RF (first it was a Zorki 4K ... now I most use the M2), I couldn't shoot again with my beloved MX, though it's a great SLR. One day I decided to give it to my wife and she's really happy with it.
Best,
Marc

 

[FrankS]

Yah, my slr's are all getting dusty since I started with RF's. Wonder why that is? I just REALLY prefer to use a RF.

 

[Jerevan]

If the house was burning down and I had to grab a camera, it would be the Leica IIIf with the Elmar 50 3.5 (together with a handful of Tri-X). Well, even when the house isn't burning down, it's the one I grab anyways! 🙂 It's small and does what it should very well.

It feels rather strange; the camera which everyone says is iffy to load, slow to rewind and hard to use with the split windows, is the one that happily chews through roll after roll...

 

[markinlondon]

I'm glad to see it's not just me that doesn't like using SLR's anymore. I took one out the other day and it was just like looking at the world through a dark tunnel.

Mark

 

[dostacos]

If I were limited to using only one lens and one body for the rest of my life.....I would stage a coup, shoot the rule maker and make new rules!

ok, how about this, buy a new Bessa R4M and the Tri Elmar M 28-35-50mm

If it is what I have, Bessa R2 and the 28/1.7

 

[Rico]

For an all-rounder, my choice is the Contax T3. That includes a Sonnar 35/2.8 with modern contrast, flash, and AF in darkness. Film would be Fuji Reporter 800.

 

[Harry Lime]

Hmmm...

MP3 with 2/50 Summicron DR
(Leicavit)

or

M7 with 1.4/35 Summilux-M ASPH
(Leicavit)

Supposedly the MP3 has the same size 50mm framelines as the M2/M4/M5.
These are bigger and more accurate than those in the M6/M7/MP.

Film would of course be Kodak Tri-X.
🙂

HL

 

[George Bonanno]

What a great thread !

Well, hands down it would be my Leica IIIf with the pinhole laden shutter. Any 50mm lens that would fit. Film... anything I could get my hands on. Subjects... pretty feet works for me.

I could spend the rest of my life with that combo.

Leica life before pinholes...