one camera, one lens, one film: what would you choose?

Film:
Nikon FE
Nikon 24mm f/2.8 Ais
400 speed film (Kodak or Ilford)

Digital:
Olympus OMD E-M5
Panasonic G 14mm f/2.8 ASPH
 
For a challenge: M4-P, 35/1.4 Summilux, Tmax 100 - I guess that's about as crazy as I can get.

Easy-peasy: Nikon F2, Nikkor 50/2, HP5+ in Xtol 1+1. (my everyday rig, love it to bits)
 
Rolleiflex 3,5 F
Planar 75 f/3,5
Ilford Delta 400

I am in love with TLRs and beside the 3,5F there are many other that would suit right as well, the Delta 400 is a great general purpose film, gives great clarity and matches very well with the Planar
 
i am always amazed at setting such strong parameters.
Like deciding for one year, to have corn flakes,
cream and black tea for every meal.Why!
Yes use one camera more regularly.
I love using color in my images.
I enjoy developing and scanning my B/W films.
Leica often the favorite but i would simply hate
not to be able to see and construct images with a SLR..
My Leica is used in very simple manner.
No meter. One lens, the 50mm Collapsible Summicron,
or a 35mmGoggles Summaron. Not both!
Film.One roll till finished. That day or in a few weeks.
Had 4~5 frames for St Patrick's Day Parade..
Then i went Digital.
Photography should be fun and pleasing.
Whether you are on a paid assignment or oneself.
 
Nikon F5 with AF-S NIKKOR 35mm F1.4G. Tri-X.
A choice between auto and manual focus.
The automatic exposure is brilliant. Manual override if you wish.
(Would have used a smaller and lighter F6 if I could find one at a reasonable price.)
 
Crown Graphic 4x5 HP5+

I have a little padded back pack that does a nice job of holding My Crown Graphic along with 6 film holders.
BTW the rangefinder on the camera doesn't work so I've already figured some figures for zone focusing for hand held shooting at ISO 1600 F-22 and F 32 at 1/400th of a second.
 
That is an extremely hard thing for me to do because I use both 28 and 50 lenses (or equivalent depending on the format) all the time.

So, in this case it would have to be my Miniature Crown Graphic with my 105/5.6 Nikkor lens.
 
Back in the day when film was all we had and cameras were not so cheap I only ever had one camera at any time, maybe two lenses at most and usually either Tri-X or Ektachrome loaded.

With the rise of digital and film cameras being cheap there is a tendency to accumulate stuff. With me too many cameras seems to result in less actual photography. So the idea is sound if it helps you get out and actually do some photography.
 
for me it's my M6 + 50 planar + 400portra
right now though I have a whole stack of kodak E200 so will be shooting with those for a while
 
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