One camera / three lenses / 35mm film - Pick your system

[Mongo Park]

M6 TTL
35 Summicron f2;
35 Summaron f3.5; and
50 Collapsible Summicron or 50 Zeiss Opton Sonnar or 50 ZM Planar or 50 S Sonnar with adapter. Am easy on the 50's which are my preferred lens.

 

[johannielscom]

Pentax MX with

Tokina 2.8/24mm (own that)
Takumar 1.4/50mm (own that)
Takumar 1.9/85mm (want that)


Chose the Pentax since it is almost as small as a Leica LTM camera (yes it's smaller than an M body!) and offers TTL metering, DOF preview, flash sync at 1/60th, of course has parallax control with all lenses mounted, and a very roomy and bright viewfinder. I've given this choice some thought recently and as a result I kept the Pentax Mx and sold the little Leica IIIa syn. Put the revenue towards paying bills.

Pentax MX shown here with an Auto Revuenon 2.8/45mm pancake lens​

Gotta admit I'd sure miss my Nikon workhorses if only were system were allowed. And also I'd like to have a fourth lens, the Mir 24M 2.0/35mm with a Pentax K adapter. But hey, if it's only going to be three lenses, then the 85mm would be best I reckon...

 

[Fraser]

Canon eos 1v (if I could have digital it would be a 1dx)
16-35 2.8
70-200 2.8
300 2.8

 

[jbielikowski]

Camera for life? Would be F2 Titan and 20/35/85.

We sure do have more GAS than OPEC...

 

[splitimageview]

The MX viewfinder is huge. It's pretty much life size...

 

[teddy]

Leica M3
Summicron 35/2
Summicron 50/2 w/Finder Attachment (DR)
Summicron 90/2

Film: Tri-X

... And yes - I have all of this!

 

[Bingley]

Leica MP

CV Skopar 28/3.5, Canon 35/2.0, Summicron 50/2.0 III

All I need is the MP and I'm there. In the meantime, my M2 will do.

 

[mdarnton]

I could do fine with a Nikon FG, 24/2.8 and 50/1.4. That's about all I use, anyway, except for a recent flirtation with 8x10 and 36cm Heliar. That's still three lenses. 🙂

 

[ferider]

There is no way I could survive without a longer lens for landscapes and wild life.

So, while my RFs are my favorite cameras, I have to pick an SLR. And I need to pick the best SLR 35mm lens that I have and go from there:

Maxxum 9, Minolta AF 35/2, 85/1.4 and 200/2.8.

Cool kit, thinking about it 🙂 And good question !

Roland.

 

[bill h]

M3, 21SA, 40mm Summicron, 50DR
-bill

 

[burancap]

M7 and 35/2, 50/2, 90/2

 

[Dirk]

Nikon F6, Nikkor 28/1.8G, Nikkor 50/1.8G, Nikkor 105/1.8 AI-S.

OR...

Contax RX, Distagon 28/2.0, Planar 50/1.4 and Planar 100/2

Can't decide. 🙁 With increasingly failing eyesight, Nikon will be better long-term. Contax is more warm and fuzzy, though.

 

[Midwinter]

M5
Nokton 1.1
Beer goggles to stand the sight of it 😉
That's 3 lenses by my math.

 

[sebastel]

M3, 21SA, 40mm Summicron, 50DR
-bill

my choice would be kind of similar.
M3, 21SA(f/3.4), 40mm sonnar, 50mm summilux (any version)

if it came in a decent, well lubed barrel, i'd also consider the ZM c-sonnar.

 

[Texsport]

Hasselblad XPan - 30mm,45mm, 90mm

6 lens formats for the price of 3.

Texsport

 

[FrozenInTime]

M-A
28mm Elmarit-M - small travel wide
35mm Summilux ASPH - fast indoor / nighttime / group lens
50mm Elmar-M - small travel normal

 

[Canyongazer]

Nikon F6 ... State of the art film SLR.
The good news: it will last longer than I will.
The bad news: it will last longer than I will. (maybe that's just me 🙂

Nikon 28mm G 1.8 AF (my second favorite focal length)
Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art AF (my favorite FL)
Sigma 150 2.8 macro AF (for landscape, portrait, flowers and bugs)

Two things surprise me here:

2 out of the 3 lenses are Sigma (!?) but, yes, I own all three and the Sigmas are excellent.

50 to 150 is a big jump but I'm guessing if I needed telephoto and had only one choice it had best be significantly longer than 50.

 

[Pioneer]

The kicker is one system for life. I would dearly love to choose my Zeiss Ikon ZM system, or my Leica M-A system, but I have go with SLR if I am only allowed one.

Pentax LX
Pentax FA 31 Limited
Pentax FA 77 Limited
Vivitar Series One 90-180 Macro

 

[Roger Hicks]

Come to think of it, I'd rather have 2 bodies and 2 lenses. One body for colour, one for B+W (both M-series, of course) and 35+75.

Cheers,

R.

 

[krötenblender]

That's cheating. Now you have to choose four lomo lenses and no body. That'll teach you... 😀