One-lens outfit?

Maybe it is a point of doing do as I say not as I do. I have no idea how many lenses I have (scared of counting them!), but I could survive with just a 35. It is very liberating to have only one lens to contend with, you get to know it and what it will do in any given situation.
I have the luxury of plenty of cameras and lenses, but there is one constant in my kit - a M2 and a 35.
Some years ago I started to go through my old negative files (there are about 300 000+ negs on file in 35mm) and more than 70% were shot with a 35 mm lens!
My advice is just to continue shooting with the 35 (and you are doing well with it) and before commiting to any other focal length, borrow it and try it out.
 
The only problem with more lenses is that you either keep changing them while you're out shooting , or worse you take more than one camera with those other lenses attached.
 
Steve,

I find myself in a similar situation: only have cash (and time!) for one lens (same as yours actually CV skopar 2.5 35mm) for my Ikon. I keep lusting after this, that, and the other, but when I'm out shooting I just don't let myself think the "what if" thoughts ("what if I had X lens?") and concentrate on trying to make the shot with what I have. Something that I'm sure you do as well. The points people raise about learning that one lens (both in the sense of seeing the world with 35mm focal length eyes and knowing the capabilities of that specific lens in all sorts of situations) are completely valid I think. In any case, the lens I have is certainly far better a lens than I am a photographer, so I have lots of room to improve before I "need" to change anything.
 
I'll echo Tom's comment: I have spent three years and countless dollars buying different lenses to try, but these days, when I carry the rangefinder (as Sirius stated - for the photography rangefinders excel at), it's usually with a single lens, the 35mm. I like having the option of an SLR, too, for the things SLRs are good at, but with rangefinders the 35mm is a very good choice, perhaps the best choice.
 
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